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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 28.13. Former Acquittal Or Conviction

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Art. 28.13. [536] [601] [590] FORMER ACQUITTAL OR 
CONVICTION.  A former judgment of acquittal or conviction in a 
court of competent jurisdiction shall be a bar to any further 
prosecution for the same offense, but shall not bar a prosecution 
for any higher grade of offense over which said court had not 
jurisdiction, unless such judgment was had upon indictment or 
information, in which case the prosecution shall be barred for all 
grades of the offense.

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

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