Texas Code Of Criminal Procedure Title 1, Chapter 35 - Formation Of The Jury

• Texas Article 35.01 - Jurors Called
  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...
• Texas Article 35.02 - Sworn To Answer Questions
  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...
• Texas Article 35.03 - Excuses
  Art. 35.03. EXCUSES. Sec. 1. Except as provided by Sections 2 and 3 of this article, the court shall then hear and determine excuses offered...
• Texas Article 35.04 - Claiming Exemption
  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...
• Texas Article 35.05 - Excused By Consent
  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...
• Texas Article 35.06 - Challenge To Array First Heard
  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,...
• Texas Article 35.07 - Challenge To The Array
  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...
• Texas Article 35.08 - When Challenge Is Sustained
  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...
• Texas Article 35.09 - List Of New Venire
  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...
• Texas Article 35.10 - Court To Try Qualifications
  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...
• Texas Article 35.11 - Preparation Of List
  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...
• Texas Article 35.12 - Mode Of Testing
  (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...
• Texas Article 35.13 - Passing Juror For Challenge
  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...
• Texas Article 35.14 - A Peremptory Challenge
  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....
• Texas Article 35.15 - Number Of Challenges
  (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...
• Texas Article 35.16 - Reasons For Challenge For Cause
  (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...
• Texas Article 35.17 - Voir Dire Examination
  Art. 35.17. VOIR DIRE EXAMINATION 1. When the court in its discretion so directs, except as provided in Section 2, the state and defendant shall...
• Texas Article 35.18 - Other Evidence On Challenge
  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...
• Texas Article 35.19 - Absolute Disqualification
  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...
• Texas Article 35.20 - Names Called In Order
  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...
• Texas Article 35.21 - Judge To Decide Qualifications
  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....
• Texas Article 35.22 - Oath To Jury
  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...
• Texas Article 35.23 - Jurors May Separate
  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...
• Texas Article 35.25 - Making Peremptory Challenge
  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...
• Texas Article 35.26 - Lists Returned To Clerk
  (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...
• Texas Article 35.261 - Peremptory Challenges Based On Race Prohibited
  (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,...
• Texas Article 35.27 - Reimbursement Of Nonresident Witnesses
  Art. 35.27. REIMBURSEMENT OF NONRESIDENT WITNESSES Sec. 1. EXPENSES FOR NONRESIDENT WITNESSES. (a) Every person subpoenaed by either party or otherwise required or requested in...
• Texas Article 35.28 - When No Clerk
  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...
• Texas Article 35.29 - Personal Information About Jurors
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), information collected by the court or by a prosecuting attorney during the jury selection process about...

Last modified: September 28, 2016