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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 19 Organization Of The Grand JuryLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Code of Criminal Procedure > Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 19 Organization Of The Grand Jury Sponsored Links(a) The district judge, at or during any term of court, shall appoint not less than three, nor more than five persons to perform the ... The judge shall cause the proper officer to notify such appointees of such appointment, and when and where they are to appear. Acts 1965, 59th ... When the appointees appear before the judge, he shall administer to them the following oath: "You do swear faithfully to discharge the duties required of ... The jury commissioners, after they have been organized and sworn, shall be instructed by the judge in their duties and shall then retire in charge ... The jury commissioners shall be kept free from the intrusion of any person during their session, and shall not separate without leave of the court ... The jury commissioners shall select not less than 15 nor more than 40 persons from the citizens of the county to be summoned as grand ... If prior to the expiration of the term for which the grand jury was impaneled, it is made to appear by a declaration of the ... No person shall be selected or serve as a grand juror who does not possess the following qualifications: 1. The person must be a citizen ... The names of those selected as grand jurors by the commissioners shall be written upon a paper; and the fact that they were so selected ... The judge shall deliver the envelope containing the list of grand jurors to the clerk or one of his deputies in open court without opening ... Before the list of grand jurors is delivered to the clerk, the judge shall administer to the clerk and each of his deputies in open ... Should the clerk subsequently appoint a deputy, such clerk shall administer to him the same oath, at the time of such appointment. Acts 1965, 59th ... The grand jury may be convened on the first or any subsequent day of the term. The judge shall designate the day on which the ... The sheriff shall summon the persons named in the list at least three days, exclusive of the day of service, prior to the day on ... The officer executing such summons shall return the list on the day on which the grand jury is to be impaneled, with a certificate thereon ... A juror legally summoned, failing to attend without a reasonable excuse, may, by order of the court entered on the record, be fined not less ... If for any reason a grand jury shall not be selected or summoned prior to the commencement of any term of court, or when none ... When less than fourteen of those summoned to serve as grand jurors are found to be in attendance and qualified to so serve, the court ... The jurors provided for in the two preceding Articles shall be summoned in person to attend before the court forthwith. Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. ... Upon directing the sheriff to summon grand jurors not selected by the jury commissioners, the court shall instruct him that he must summon no person ... When as many as fourteen persons summoned to serve as grand jurors are in attendance upon the court, it shall proceed to test their qualifications ... Each person who is presented to serve as a grand juror shall, before being impaneled, be interrogated on oath by the court or under his ... In trying the qualifications of any person to serve as a grand juror, he shall be asked: 1. Are you a citizen of this state ... When, by the answer of the person, it appears to the court that he is a qualified juror, he shall be accepted as such, unless ... Any person summoned who does not possess the requisite qualifications shall be excused by the court from serving. The following qualified persons may be excused ... (a) When fourteen qualified jurors are found to be present, the court shall proceed to impanel the grand jury, unless a challenge is made, which ... Before the grand jury has been impaneled, any person may challenge the array of jurors or any person presented as a grand juror. In no ... By the "array" of grand jurors is meant the whole body of persons summoned to serve as such before they have been impaneled. Acts 1965, ... A grand juror is said to be "impaneled" after his qualifications have been tried and he has been sworn. By "panel" is meant the whole ... A challenge to the "array" shall be made in writing for these causes only: 1. That those summoned as grand jurors are not in fact ... A challenge to a particular grand juror may be made orally for the following causes only: 1. That he is not a qualified juror; and ... When a challenge to the array or to any individual has been made, the court shall hear proof and decide in a summary manner whether ... The court shall order another grand jury to be summoned if the challenge to the array be sustained, or order the panel to be completed ... When the grand jury is completed, the court shall appoint one of the number foreman; and the following oath shall be administered by the court, ... The court shall instruct the grand jury as to their duty. Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966. ... The court and the district attorney may each appoint one or more bailiffs to attend upon the grand jury, and at the time of appointment, ... A bailiff is to obey the instructions of the foreman, to summon all witnesses, and generally, to perform all such duties as the foreman may ... No bailiff shall take part in the discussions or deliberations of the grand jury nor be present when they are discussing or voting upon a ... If the foreman of the grand jury is from any cause absent or unable or disqualified to act, the court shall appoint in his place ... Nine members shall be a quorum for the purpose of discharging any duty or exercising any right properly belonging to the grand jury. Acts 1965, ... A grand jury discharged by the court for the term may be reassembled by the court at any time during the term. Acts 1965, 59th ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), information collected by the court, court personnel, or prosecuting attorney during the grand jury selection process about a ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |