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For the purpose of citation, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure or Texas Criminal Procedure Code may be abbreviated to Tex Crim Proc [5] or Tex Crim Pro [6] or Tx Crim Proc [7] or Tx Crim Pro [8] or Tx Code Crim Proc [9] or Tx Code Crim Pro [10] or Tex Code Crim Proc [11] or Tex Code Crim Pro [12] or Code Crim Proc Tex [13] or Code Crim Pro Tex.
Certain pretrial delays are automatically excluded from the Act's time limits, such as delays caused by pretrial motions. [9] In Henderson v.United States, 476 U.S. 321, 330 (1986), the Supreme Court held that § 3161 excludes "all time between the filing of a motion and the conclusion of the hearing on that motion, whether or not a delay in holding that hearing is 'reasonably necessary.'"
Pre-trial detention, also known as jail, preventive detention, provisional detention, or remand, is the process of detaining a person until their trial after they have been arrested and charged with an offence.
Although rare, a grand jury can issue an indictment in absentia for high-profile crimes to get around an upcoming statute of limitations deadline. One example is the skyjacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 by D. B. Cooper in 1971. The identity of D. B. Cooper remains unknown, and he was indicted under the name "John Doe, aka Dan Cooper."
Sep. 19—Prosecutors want to make sure mental health records of teenager Eric Sweeney, accused of killing his sister-in-law and two nephews at their Northfield home in 2022, are handed over with ...
Another delay is expected this month in the murder trial of an Abilene father and son accused of killing their neighbor over a dispute about a mattress in 2018, a court official said this week.
In addition to the constitutional guarantee, various state and federal statutes confer a more specific right to a speedy trial. In New York, the prosecution must be "ready for trial" within six months on all felonies except murder, or the charges are dismissed by action of law without regard to the merits of the case.
Important dates for the 2024 Texas general election After the primary elections, Republicans and Democrats will face off in the Nov. 5 general election to decide federal, state and local elections.