Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 21.24. Joinder Of Certain Offenses

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Art. 21.24. [417;  408A] [481] [469] JOINDER OF CERTAIN 
OFFENSES.  (a) Two or more offenses may be joined in a single 
indictment, information, or complaint, with each offense stated in 
a separate count, if the offenses arise out of the same criminal 
episode, as defined in Chapter 3 of the Penal Code.
	(b)  A count may contain as many separate paragraphs charging 
the same offense as necessary, but no paragraph may charge more than 
one offense.
	(c)  A count is sufficient if any one of its paragraphs is 
sufficient.  An indictment, information, or complaint is sufficient 
if any one of its counts is sufficient.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.  
Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 968, ch. 399, Sec. 2(A), eff. 
Jan. 1, 1974.

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