Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 27.09 — EXCEPTION TO FORM OF INDICTMENT

CR § 27.09Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 27. THE PLEADING IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS

Statute text

Exceptions to the form of an indictment or information may be taken for the following causes only: 1. That it does not appear to have been presented in the proper court as required by law; 2. The want of any requisite prescribed by Articles 21.02 and 21.21. 3. That it was not returned by a lawfully chosen or empaneled grand jury.

Legislative history

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