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| 1 | 1 | 85R533 MEW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 1136 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to allowing judges to use juror identification numbers | |
| 8 | 8 | when polling the jury. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Article 37.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Art. 37.05. POLLING THE JURY. (a) The State and [or] the | |
| 13 | 13 | defendant each [shall] have the right to have the jury polled, which | |
| 14 | 14 | is done by calling separately the name or identification number of | |
| 15 | 15 | each juror and asking the juror [him] if the verdict is the juror's | |
| 16 | 16 | [his]. If all jurors, when asked, answer in the affirmative, the | |
| 17 | 17 | verdict shall be entered upon the minutes; but if any juror answers | |
| 18 | 18 | [answer] in the negative, the jury shall retire again to consider | |
| 19 | 19 | its verdict. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) For the purposes of polling the jury in Subsection (a), | |
| 21 | 21 | the judge may assign each juror an identification number to use in | |
| 22 | 22 | place of the juror's name. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |