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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 16.17. Decision Of Judge

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Art. 16.17. [261] [308] [296] DECISION OF JUDGE.  After the 
examining trial has been had, the judge shall make an order 
committing the defendant to the jail of the proper county, 
discharging him or admitting him to bail, as the law and facts of 
the case may require.  Failure of the judge to make or enter an order 
within 48 hours after the examining trial has been completed 
operates as a finding of no probable cause and the accused shall be 
discharged.

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

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