TO: | Honorable Terry Keel, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1011 by West (Relatinig to the questioning of prospective jurors during voir dire examination.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 35 relating to the questioning of prospective jurors during voir dire. The bill would provide trial courts with guidance in determining which questions by attorneys during voir dire are necessary for challenges for cause and for peremptory challenges. The bill would take effect September 1, 2003.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 302 Office of the Attorney General
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LBB Staff: | JK, WK, GO, VDS, TB
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