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Chapter 17, Article 17.028 stipulates that it must take no more than 48 hours after the arrest for a magistrate to decide whether or not a defendant is offered bail, conditional or unconditional. Chapter 27, Articles 27.02 and 27.05 encompass pleas that defendants can make. Contrary to popular belief, there are pleas that can be made outside of ...
The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's split from Virginia during the American Civil War ...
The first codification of Texas criminal law was the Texas Penal Code of 1856. Prior to 1856, criminal law in Texas was governed by the common law, with the exception of a few penal statutes. [3] In 1854, the fifth Legislature passed an act requiring the Governor to appoint a commission to codify the civil and criminal laws of Texas.
The Texas Statutes or Texas Codes are the collection of the Texas Legislature's statutes: the Revised Civil Statutes, Penal Code, and the Code of Criminal Procedure. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] References
In 2021, Abbott signed into law the “Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act,” which the Texas legislature unanimously passed to ban Texas governmental entities and businesses from entering ...
(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order “to protect Texans from the coordinated harassment and coercion by the People's Republic of China (PRC) or the Chinese ...
Under Title 34 B Chapter 7 of the Maine Revised Statutes, also known as the "Due Process in Sterilization Act of 1982," a hearing and a District Court order authorizing the sterilization is required if the sterilization is sought for "A. Persons under age 18 years and not married or otherwise emancipated; B. Persons presently under public or ...
Colorado Revised Statutes 2013 35 Title 16 [15] 16-3-202. Assisting peace officer - arrest - furnishing information - immunity. Assisting peace officer - arrest - furnishing information - immunity. (1) A peace officer making an arrest may command the assistance of any person who is in the vicinity.