Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 45A.202 — APPEAL

CR § 45A.202Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 45A. JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS · Art. E. NEW TRIAL AND APPEAL

Statute text

(a)An appeal from a justice or municipal court, including an appeal from a final judgment in a bond forfeiture proceeding, shall be heard by the county court or, if the county court has no jurisdiction over the case, the proper court in the county.

(b)A de novo trial shall be held on appeal unless the appeal is:

(1)taken from a municipal court of record; and

(2)based on error reflected in the record.

(c)An appeal may not be dismissed because of:

(1)the defendant's failure to give notice of appeal in open court; or

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.