Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 35.13

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 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 be passed for acceptance or challenge first to the state and then to the defendant. Challenges to jurors are either peremptory or for cause.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 35.13

Amended by Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 1739, ch. 659, Sec. 20, eff. 8/28/1967.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1966.