Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 27.08 — EXCEPTION TO SUBSTANCE OF INDICTMENT

CR § 27.08Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 27. THE PLEADING IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS

Statute text

There is no exception to the substance of an indictment or information except: 1. That it does not appear therefrom that an offense against the law was committed by the defendant; 2. That it appears from the face thereof that a prosecution for the offense is barred by a lapse of time, or that the offense was committed after the finding of the indictment; 3. That it contains matter which is a legal defense or bar to the prosecution; and 4. That it shows upon its face that the court trying the case has no jurisdiction thereof.

Legislative history

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.