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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 36.16. Final Charge

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Art. 36.16. [660] FINAL CHARGE.  After the judge shall have 
received the objections to his main charge, together with any 
special charges offered, he may make such changes in his main charge 
as he may deem proper, and the defendant or his counsel shall have 
the opportunity to present their objections thereto and in the same 
manner as is provided in Article 36.15, and thereupon the judge 
shall read his charge to the jury as finally written, together with 
any special charges given, and no further exception or objection 
shall be required of the defendant in order to preserve any 
objections or exceptions theretofore made.  After the argument 
begins no further charge shall be given to the jury unless required 
by the improper argument of counsel or the request of the jury, or 
unless the judge shall, in his discretion, permit the introduction 
of other testimony, and in the event of such further charge, the 
defendant or his counsel shall have the right to present objections 
in the same manner as is prescribed in Article 36.15.  The failure 
of the court to give the defendant or his counsel a reasonable time 
to examine the charge and specify the ground of objection shall be 
subject to review either in the trial court or in the appellate 
court.

Acts 1965, 56th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.                                

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