Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 36.11. Discharge Before Verdict
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Art. 36.11. [655] [731-733] DISCHARGE BEFORE VERDICT. If it
appears during a trial that the court has no jurisdiction of the
offense, or that the facts charged in the indictment do not
constitute an offense, the jury shall be discharged. The accused
shall also be discharged, but such discharge shall be no bar in any
case to a prosecution before the proper court for any offense unless
termination of the former prosecution was improper.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722. Amended by Acts 1973,
63rd Leg., p. 971, ch. 399, Sec. 2(A), eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
Article: 36.03 36.05 36.06 36.07 36.08 36.09 36.10 36.11 36.12 36.13 36.14 36.15 36.16 36.17 36.18
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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