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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 27.09. Exception To Form Of Indictment

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Art. 27.09. [512][576][565] EXCEPTION TO FORM OF 
INDICTMENT.  Exceptions to the form of an indictment or information 
may be taken for the following causes only:
	1. That it does not appear to have been presented in the 
proper court as required by law;
	2. The want of any requisite prescribed by Articles 21.02 and 
21.21.         
	3. That it was not returned by a lawfully chosen or empaneled 
grand jury.    

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

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