Tex. Const. art. IV, § 11A · Article 4. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE; PROBATION.
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Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The Courts of the State of Texas having original jurisdiction of criminal actions shall have the power, after conviction, to suspend the imposition or execution of sentence and to place the defendant upon probation and to reimpose such sentence, under such conditions as the Legislature may prescribe.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Added Aug. 24, 1935.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.4.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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