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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 26 ArraignmentLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Code of Criminal Procedure > Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 26 Arraignment In all felony cases, after indictment, and all misdemeanor cases punishable by imprisonment, there shall be an arraignment. Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. ... An attorney representing a defendant may present a waiver of arraignment, and the clerk of the court may not require the presence of the defendant ... An arraignment takes place for the purpose of fixing his identity and hearing his plea. Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, ... No arraignment shall take place until the expiration of at least two entire days after the day on which a copy of the indictment was ... (a) The judges of the county courts, statutory county courts, and district courts trying criminal cases in each county, by local rule, shall adopt and ... (a) In this chapter: (1) "Governmental entity" includes a county, a group of counties, a branch or agency of a county, an administrative judicial region ... (a) A counsel, other than an attorney with a public defender, appointed to represent a defendant in a criminal proceeding, including a habeas corpus hearing, ... (a) In this article: (1) "Board" means the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. (2) "Institutional division" means the institutional division of the Texas Department of ... (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this article establishes procedures in death penalty cases for appointment and payment of counsel to represent indigent ... (a) The Commissioners Court of Randall County may appoint an attorney to serve as a public defender. The public defender serves at the pleasure of ... Sec. 1. (a) This article applies only to an attorney appointed under Article 26.05 of this code to defend an indigent inmate before August 1, ... Sec. 1. A county in which a state training school for delinquent children is located shall pay from its general fund the first $250 of ... If a juvenile has been transferred to a criminal court under Section 54.02, Family Code, and if a court appoints counsel for the juvenile under ... No court may appoint an elected county, district or state official to represent a person accused of crime, unless the official has notified the court ... When the defendant is arraigned, his name, as stated in the indictment, shall be distinctly called; and unless he suggest by himself or counsel that ... If the defendant, or his counsel for him, suggests that he bears some name different from that stated in the indictment, the same shall be ... If the defendant alleges that he is not indicted by his true name, and refuses to say what his real name is, the cause shall ... A defendant described as a person whose name is unknown may have the indictment so corrected as to give therein his true name. Acts 1965, ... The name of the accused having been called, if no suggestion, such as is spoken of in the four preceding Articles, be made, or being ... If the defendant answers that he is not guilty, such plea shall be entered upon the minutes of the court; if he refuses to answer, ... (a) Prior to accepting a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere, the court shall admonish the defendant of: (1) the range of ... Where a defendant in a case of felony persists in pleading guilty or in entering a plea of nolo contendere, if the punishment is not ... ... Texas Lawyers
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