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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 16.04. Voluntary Statement

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Art. 16.04. [248] [295] [283] VOLUNTARY STATEMENT.  If the 
accused desires to make a voluntary statement, he may do so before 
the examination of any witness, but not afterward.  His statement 
shall be reduced to writing by or under the direction of the 
magistrate, or by the accused or his counsel, and shall be signed by 
the accused by affixing his name or mark, but shall not be sworn to 
by him.  The magistrate shall attest by his own certificate and 
signature to the execution and signing of the statement.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

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