Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Chapter 45. JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS |
Subchapter B. PROCEDURES FOR JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS |
Art. 45.024. DEFENDANT'S REFUSAL TO PLEAD |
The justice or judge shall enter a plea of not guilty if the defendant refuses to plead. |
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 45.35 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1545, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. |