If the defendant answers that he is not guilty, such plea shall be entered upon the minutes of the court; if he refuses to answer, the plea of not guilty shall in like manner be entered.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 26.12
PLEA OF NOT GUILTY ENTERED
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff
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