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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 11-b of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Denial of Bail for Violation of Condition of Release"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=As amended November 6, 2007: | ||
'''Any person who is accused in this State of a felony or an offense involving family violence, who is released on bail pending trial, and whose bail is subsequently revoked or forfeited for a violation of a condition of release may be denied bail pending trial if a judge or magistrate in this State determines by a preponderance of the evidence at a subsequent hearing that the person violated a condition of release related to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the community.''' | '''Any person who is accused in this State of a felony or an offense involving family violence, who is released on bail pending trial, and whose bail is subsequently revoked or forfeited for a violation of a condition of release may be denied bail pending trial if a judge or magistrate in this State determines by a preponderance of the evidence at a subsequent hearing that the person violated a condition of release related to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the community.''' | ||
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Sections [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11|11]], [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11- | Sections [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11|11]], [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11-a|11-a]], [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11-c|11-c]] and [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 13|13]] of Article I also directly address bail for those accused of criminal offenses. | ||
This section, added in 2005, was amended in 2007 by the same ballot proposition that added Section | This section, added in 2005, was amended in 2007 by the same ballot proposition that added Section 11-c. | ||
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|seo_title=Article I, Section | |seo_title=Article I, Section 11-b of the Texas Constitution ("Denial of Bail for Violation of Condition of Release") | ||
|seo_keywords=Article 1 Section | |seo_keywords=Article 1 Section 11-b, Texas Bill of Rights, pretrial bail | ||
|seo_description=Under this section, a defendant is entitled to be confronted with the witnesses against him before bail can be denied. | |seo_description=Under this section, a defendant is entitled to be confronted with the witnesses against him before bail can be denied. | ||
|seo_image_alt=Texas Bill of Rights | |seo_image_alt=Texas Bill of Rights |