Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 31.02. State May Have
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Art. 31.02. [561] [627] [614] STATE MAY HAVE. Whenever the
district or county attorney shall represent in writing to the court
before which any felony or misdemeanor case punishable by
confinement, is pending, that, by reason of existing combinations
or influences in favor of the accused, or on account of the lawless
condition of affairs in the county, a fair and impartial trial as
between the accused and the State cannot be safely and speedily had;
or whenever he shall represent that the life of the prisoner, or of
any witness, would be jeopardized by a trial in the county in which
the case is pending, the judge shall hear proof in relation thereto,
and if satisfied that such representation is well-founded and that
the ends of public justice will be subserved thereby, he shall order
a change of venue to any county in the judicial district in which
such county is located or in an adjoining district.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Article: 29.12 29.13 30.01 30.02 30.07 30.08 31.01 31.02 31.03 31.04 31.05 31.06 31.07 31.08 31.09
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