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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46B.006

APPOINTMENT OF AND REPRESENTATION BY COUNSEL

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 35, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A defendant is entitled to representation by counsel before any court-ordered competency evaluation and during any proceeding at which it is suggested that the defendant may be incompetent to stand trial.

(b) If the defendant is indigent and the court has not appointed counsel to represent the defendant, the court shall appoint counsel as necessary to comply with Subsection (a).

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