Texas Statutes
§ 11.23 — SCOPE OF WRIT.
Texas § 11.23
JurisdictionTexas
Code CRCode of Criminal Procedure
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Bluebook
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 11.23 (2026).
Text
Art. 11.23. SCOPE OF WRIT. The writ of habeas corpus is intended to be applicable to all such cases of confinement and restraint, where there is no lawful right in the person exercising the power, or where, though the power in fact exists, it is exercised in a manner or degree not sanctioned by law.
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Legislative History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
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FILING FEE PROHIBITED.§ 11.071
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 11.23, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/CR/11.23.