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AN ACT
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relating to allowing judges to use juror identification numbers |
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when polling the jury. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 37.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 37.05. POLLING THE JURY. (a) The State and [or] the |
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defendant each [shall] have the right to have the jury polled, which |
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is done by calling separately the name or identification number of |
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each juror and asking the juror [him] if the verdict is the juror's |
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[his]. If all jurors, when asked, answer in the affirmative, the |
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verdict shall be entered upon the minutes; but if any juror answers |
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[answer] in the negative, the jury shall retire again to consider |
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its verdict. |
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(b) For the purposes of polling the jury in Subsection (a), |
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the judge may assign each juror an identification number to use in |
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place of the juror's name. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 46 passed the Senate on |
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March 1, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 46 passed the House on |
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May 18, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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