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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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. |