The Texas Politics Project
Criminal procedure in Texas
Justice
& Rights
Reporting
& Investigation
Your
Rights
Your Rights
Due process of law
Speedy public trial
Habeas corpus
--the need to show evidence linking a suspect to the crime
No self-incrimination
Right to evidence against you
Right to confront and compel witnesses
Right to testify
Grand jury indictment required in felony cases
Representation by counsel
No unreasonable searches and seizures
Bail except in capital cases
No excess bail or cruel and unusual punishment
No
double jeopardy
Option of a jury trial
Freedom of speech and the press
No religious tests of evidence
No citizen may be declared an outlaw
No one may be removed from the state for a crime committed in it
No
corruption of blood
or estate forfeiture
Two witnesses in cases of treason
Source
: Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. (
full source
)
Full Source
: Texas Code of Criminal Procedure available at
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/cr.toc.htm
, accessed 27 September 2004.