In other misdemeanor cases, the defendant may, by consent of the State's attorney, appear by counsel, and the trial may proceed without his personal presence.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 33.04
MAY APPEAR BY COUNSEL
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff
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