Tex. R. App. P. 23 · TWO. APPEALS FROM TRIAL COURT JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS
Nunc Pro Tunc Proceedings in Criminal Cases
Text — Updated with Amendments Effective February 6, 2026
23.1. Judgment and Sentence
Unless the trial court has granted a new trial or arrested the judgment, or unless the defendant has appealed, a failure to render judgment and pronounce sentence may be corrected at any time by the court's doing so.
23.2. Credit on Sentence
When sentence is pronounced, the trial court must give the defendant credit on that sentence for:
(a) all time the defendant has been confined since the time when judgment and sentence should have been entered and pronounced; and
(b) all time between the defendant's arrest and confinement to the time when judgment and sentence should have been entered and pronounced.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
Notes and Comments
Comment to 1997 change: This is former Rule 36. The rule is amended without substantive change.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Updated with Amendments Effective February 6, 2026
- Official file
- https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1463134/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure-02062026.pdf (PDF pages 41)
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