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H.B. No. 1011 1 (a) The state is entitled to appeal an order of a court in a 2 criminal case if the order: 3 (1) dismisses an indictment, information, or 4 complaint or any portion of an indictment, information, or 5 complaint; 6 (2) arrests or modifies a judgment; 7 (3) grants a new trial; 8 (4) sustains a claim of former jeopardy; [e] 9 (5) grants a motion to suppress evidence, a 10 confession, or an admission, if jeopardy has not attached in the 11 case and if the prosecuting attorney certifies to the trial court 12 that the appeal is not taken for the purpose of delay and that the 13 evidence, confession, or admission is of substantial importance in 14 the case; or 15 (6) is issued under Chapter 64. 16 SECTION 8. The change in law made by this Act applies only 17 to a convicted person who on or after the effective date of this Act 18 submits a motion for forensic DNA testing of evidence under Article 19 64.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act. A 20 convicted person who submits a motion under Article 64.01 before 21 the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when 22 the motion was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect 23 for that purpose. 24 SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
Reference the current page of this Legislative Document.
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1011, Chapter 13,
legislative document,
May 9, 2003;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth158048/m1/4/:
accessed April 18, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.