Texas Family Code

§ 56.03 — APPEAL BY STATE IN CASES OF OFFENSES ELIGIBLE FOR DETERMINATE SENTENCE

FA § 56.03Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE · Ch. 56. APPEAL

Statute text

(a)In this section, "prosecuting attorney" means the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney who has the primary responsibility of presenting cases in the juvenile court. The term does not include an assistant prosecuting attorney.

(b)The state is entitled to appeal an order of a court in a juvenile case in which the grand jury has approved of the petition under Section 53.045 if the order:

(1)dismisses a petition or any portion of a petition;

(2)arrests or modifies a judgment;

(3)grants a new trial;

(4)sustains a claim of former jeopardy; or

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Legislative history

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1299 (H.B. 2862), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2013.