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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 35 Formation Of The JuryLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Code of Criminal Procedure > Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 35 Formation Of The Jury When a case is called for trial and the parties have announced ready for trial, the names of those summoned as jurors in the case ... To those present the court shall cause to be administered this oath: "You, and each of you, solemnly swear that you will make true answers ... Sec. 1. Except as provided by Sections 2 and 3 of this article, the court shall then hear and determine excuses offered for not serving ... Any person summoned as a juror who is exempt by law from jury service may establish his exemption without appearing in person by filing a ... One summoned upon a special venire may by consent of both parties be excused from attendance by the court at any time before he is ... The court shall hear and determine a challenge to the array before interrogating those summoned as to their qualifications. Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ... Each party may challenge the array only on the ground that the officer summoning the jury has wilfully summoned jurors with a view to securing ... The array of jurors summoned shall be discharged if the challenge be sustained, and the court shall order other jurors to be summoned in their ... When a challenge to the array has been sustained, the defendant shall be entitled, as in the first instance, to service of a copy of ... When no challenge to the array has been made, or if made, has been over-ruled, the court shall proceed to try the qualifications of those ... The trial judge, on the demand of the defendant or his attorney, or of the State's counsel, shall cause a sufficient number of jurors from ... (a) In testing the qualification of a prospective juror after the juror has been sworn, the juror shall be asked by the court, or under ... A juror in a capital case in which the state has made it known it will seek the death penalty, held to be qualified, shall ... A peremptory challenge is made to a juror without assigning any reason therefor. Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. ... (a) In capital cases in which the State seeks the death penalty both the State and defendant shall be entitled to fifteen peremptory challenges. Where ... (a) A challenge for cause is an objection made to a particular juror, alleging some fact which renders the juror incapable or unfit to serve ... 1. When the court in its discretion so directs, except as provided in Section 2, the state and defendant shall conduct the voir dire examination ... Upon a challenge for cause, the examination is not confined to the answers of the juror, but other evidence may be heard for or against ... No juror shall be impaneled when it appears that he is subject to the second, third or fourth cause of challenge in Article 35.16, though ... In selecting the jury from the persons summoned, the names of such persons shall be called in the order in which they appear upon the ... The court is the judge, after proper examination, of the qualifications of a juror, and shall decide all challenges without delay and without argument thereupon. ... When the jury has been selected, the following oath shall be administered them by the court or under its direction: "You and each of you ... The court may adjourn veniremen to any day of the term. When jurors have been sworn in a felony case, the court may, at its ... In non-capital cases and in capital cases in which the State's attorney has announced that he will not qualify the jury for, or seek the ... (a) When the parties have made or declined to make their peremptory challenges, they shall deliver their lists to the clerk. Except as provided in ... (a) After the parties have delivered their lists to the clerk under Article 35.26 of this code and before the court has impanelled the jury, ... Expenses for Nonresident Witnesses Sec. 1. (a) Every person subpoenaed by either party or otherwise required or requested in writing by the prosecuting attorney ... In each instance in Article 35.27 in which the clerk of the court is authorized or directed to perform any act, the judge of such ... Information collected by the court or by a prosecuting attorney during the jury selection process about a person who serves as a juror, including the ... Texas Lawyers
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