| 1 | 1 | | 84R1116 MEW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 1005 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to allowing judges to use juror identification numbers |
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| 8 | 8 | | when polling the jury. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article 37.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Art. 37.05. POLLING THE JURY. (a) The State and [or] the |
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| 13 | 13 | | defendant each [shall] have the right to have the jury polled, which |
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| 14 | 14 | | is done by calling separately the name or identification number of |
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| 15 | 15 | | each juror and asking him if the verdict is his. If all jurors, when |
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| 16 | 16 | | asked, answer in the affirmative, the verdict shall be entered upon |
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| 17 | 17 | | the minutes; but if any juror answers [answer] in the negative, the |
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| 18 | 18 | | jury shall retire again to consider its verdict. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) For the purposes of polling the jury in Subsection (a), |
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| 20 | 20 | | the judge may assign each juror an identification number to use in |
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| 21 | 21 | | place of the juror's name. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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