Texas Statutes
§ 36.11 — DISCHARGE BEFORE VERDICT.
Texas § 36.11
JurisdictionTexas
Code CRCode of Criminal Procedure
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Bluebook
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 36.11 (2026).
Text
Art. 36.11. 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.
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Legislative History
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.
Nearby Sections
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§ 36.02
TESTIMONY AT ANY TIME.§ 36.03
INVOCATION OF RULE.§ 36.05
NOT TO HEAR TESTIMONY.§ 36.06
INSTRUCTED BY THE COURT.§ 36.07
ORDER OF ARGUMENT.§ 36.08
NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS.§ 36.10
ORDER OF TRIAL.§ 36.11
DISCHARGE BEFORE VERDICT.§ 36.12
COURT MAY COMMIT.§ 36.13
JURY IS JUDGE OF FACTS.§ 36.14
CHARGE OF COURT.§ 36.15
REQUESTED SPECIAL CHARGES.§ 36.16
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 36.11, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/BC/36.11.