Vernon’s
ANNOTATED
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS
Volume 1A
CONSTITUTION
Article
Z
§§ 10 to 16
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ST. PAUL, MINN,ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS
‘Sections 1 0 9 appear in Volume 1
‘Searches und sernures
‘of accused in criminal prosecutions
Excel fines; cruel remedy by due course of
14. Double jeopardy,
Ri
property for public use; spectal privileges and
sn ad ranches,
‘Of Rights excepted from powers uf gover
$10. Rights of accused incriminal prosecutions
See. 10.
‘wial by an
wave a speedy public
ive the Fight to demand the nature and
2
Art, 1, $10
RIGHTS OF ACCUSED
nd 0 give evidence against him:
himself or counsel, oF both, shall be confronted by 1
agai ny process for obtaining witnesses
favor, except that when the witness resides aut of the
charged & a violation of any of the a
land the State shall have the Fight to produce and have the evidence admitted by
‘deposition, under such rules and laws as the Legislature may herealter provide;
and no person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense, unless on an
rand jury, exces iment is by
therwise than in the penit
Amended Now. 5, 1948.
INTERPRETIVE COMMENTARY
The terminology here use iss
responsibilities by
Grimett¥. State, 22 Tex App. 36.2 5.631
Ce 81, 44 SW. 989 (1898). And, when
the court but the judge and bis,
fourtesh amendment of the Foders
S.C 499, 353 US. 257, 92 LEA. 682 (1988),
3BILL OF RIGHTS
i unprejdiced, distoterested, equitable, end jus:
A jurars wh have
and cause
wee conlerred upon
fhm wo learn in advance
he's being charged,
ed to give evidence against
ty from selFincrimination. Such
al proceedings
15); Long v. Site, 120,
30); Vernon's Ann C.CP. art 710,
8 may be required to proce
RIGHTS OF ACCUSED Art. 1, $10
Andrens, supra 's granted to a witness, he may
be compelled to testify. Ex pa ‘2
‘The right of the aceused 0 be heard by
right which an accused can under no
‘counsel in private prior to the tral in order to prepare fis
defense. Turner v. State, 9 CER, 627, 241 SW. 162, 23 ALR. 1378 (1922),
‘wishes to adress the jury concerning
the faa if would not be proper to deny this kept within proper
Te capil eases
ir oF not the defendant requests
S.CL 708, 333 US, 690, 92 L.Ed. 986 (
time in which to prepare the case, Hawk v. Olson, 66 S.Ct
90 L.Ed 61 (1945). tn non-capital eases,
‘own selection,
House v. Mayo, 08 5. 517, 324US. 42, 89 LEA
thewring denied 65 S.Ct 680, 324 US, #85, 89 LEM 1435,
be personally present when any
esses Br the state must be person
they mast be examined in his presence
vy State, 54 Cr. 646, 114 SW.
138 SW. 1025 (1911). The privilege general
testimony from being used against an accused,
Seo eg, Dent v. Sit
TTexApp. 102 (4884). Too, the
depositions and having the evi