Tex. Const. art. V, § 26 · Article 5. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
APPEAL BY STATE IN CRIMINAL CASES.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The State is entitled to appeal in criminal cases, as authorized by general law.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 3, 1987.)
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.5.htm
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- 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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