Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 1.26 : CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS — Construction of This Code

The provisions of this Code shall be liberally construed, so as to attain the objects intended by the Legislature: The prevention, suppression and punishment of crime.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 1.26

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.