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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 49. INQUESTS UPON DEAD BODIES |
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Subchapter A. DUTIES PERFORMED BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE |
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Art. 49.21. COMMITMENT OF HOMICIDE SUSPECT |
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At the conclusion of an inquest, if a justice of the peace finds that a person who has been arrested in the case caused or contributed to the death of the deceased, the justice may: (1) commit the person to jail; or (2) require the person to execute a bail bond with security for the person's appearance before the proper court to answer for the offense. |
| Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. |