SB 45, 40th 1st C.S.
Relating to repealing Article 650 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of Texas 1925 permitting defendants jointly prosecuted to sever upon the request of either and amending Article 651 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of Texas of 1925, so as to provide that defendants jointly or separately indicated may upon request ask for a severance and giving to the trial judge the right to order a severance, if in his discretion the ends of justice require a severance and repealing Article 711 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of Texas of 1925.
Author: Walter Calisto Woodward
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