Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 27.02 — DEFENDANT'S PLEADINGS

CR § 27.02Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 27. THE PLEADING IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS

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The pleadings and motions of the defendant shall be:

(1)A motion to set aside or an exception to an indictment or information for some matter of form or substance;

(2)A special plea as provided in Article 27.05 of this code;

(3)A plea of guilty;

(4)A plea of not guilty;

(5)A plea of nolo contendere, the legal effect of which shall be the same as that of a plea of guilty, except that such plea may not be used against the defendant as an admission in any civil suit based upon or growing out of the act upon which the criminal prosecution is based;

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Legislative history

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966. Amended by Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 1738, ch. 659, Sec. 17, eff. Aug. 28, 1967; Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 968, ch. 399, Sec. 2(A), eff. Jan. 1, 1974.