The Texas Constitution Sec. 14

Read the Texas Bill of Rights from Article | of the Texas Constitution Sec. 14. DOUBLE JEOPARDY. No person, for the same gagggsgfi, shall be twice put in jeopardy of life or liberty, nor shall a person be again put upon trial for the same Qaiflflsfiif after a verdict of not guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction. (Feb. 15, 1876.) t

The language of this provision is identical to the language of the official legislative meaSure that originally proposed the provision.

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