If this Code fails to provide a rule of procedure in any particular state of case which may arise, the rules of the common law shall be applied and govern.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 1.27
COMMON LAW GOVERNS
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Kadlec v. State (1986)
Most recently applied in Kadlec v. State (January 1986)
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.