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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 27.09

EXCEPTION TO FORM OF INDICTMENT

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff

Exceptions to the form of an indictment or information may be taken for the following causes only:

1. That it does not appear to have been presented in the proper court as required by law;

2. The want of any requisite prescribed by Articles 21.02 and 21.21.

3. That it was not returned by a lawfully chosen or empaneled grand jury.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.