Texas Code Of Criminal Procedure § 45.031 Counsel For State Not Present

Art. 45.031. COUNSEL FOR STATE NOT PRESENT. If the state is not represented by counsel when the case is called for trial, the justice or judge may:

(1) postpone the trial to a date certain;

(2) appoint an attorney pro tem as provided by this code to represent the state; or

(3) proceed to trial.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 45.36 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1545, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1999

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