TITLE: Relating to the period during which a motion for a new trial in a criminal proceeding in a justice or municipal court must be made.

SUMMARY: Relating to the period during which a motion for a new trial in a criminal proceeding in a justice or municipal court must be made.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the period during which a motion for a new trial in a criminal proceeding in a justice or municipal court must be made. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 45.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: Art. 45.037. MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL. A motion for a new trial must be made within five days [one day] after the rendition of judgment and sentence, and not afterward. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a judgment in a criminal proceeding entered on or after the effective date of this Act. A judgment in a criminal proceeding entered before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the judgment was entered, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.