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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 42.04 — SENTENCE WHEN APPEAL IS TAKEN

CR § 42.04Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 42. JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE

Statute text

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When a defendant is sentenced to death, no date shall be set for the execution of sentence until after the receipt by the clerk of the trial court of the mandate of affirmance of the court of criminal appeals.

Legislative history

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 809, ch. 291, Sec. 114, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.

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