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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Chapter 14. ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT |
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Art. 14.04. WHEN FELONY HAS BEEN COMMITTED |
| Where it is shown by satisfactory proof to a peace officer, upon the representation of a credible person, that a felony has been committed, and that the offender is about to escape, so that there is no time to procure a warrant, such peace officer may, without warrant, pursue and arrest the accused. |
| Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722. |