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