Tex. Penal Code § 12.01

PUNISHMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Garza v. State (2007)

Most recently applied in Reidie James Jackson v. Oliver Bell (December 2015)

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) A person adjudged guilty of an offense under this code shall be punished in accordance with this chapter and the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) Penal laws enacted after the effective date of this code shall be classified for punishment purposes in accordance with this chapter.

(c) This chapter does not deprive a court of authority conferred by law to forfeit property, dissolve a corporation, suspend or cancel a license or permit, remove a person from office, cite for contempt, or impose any other civil penalty. The civil penalty may be included in the sentence.

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