Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 37.05 - Polling The Jury(a) The State and the defendant each have the right to have the jury polled, which is done by calling separately the name or identification number of each juror and asking the juror if the verdict is the juror's. If all jurors, when asked, answer in the affirmative, the verdict shall be entered upon the minutes; but if any juror answers in the negative, the jury shall retire again to consider its verdict.(b) For the purposes of polling the jury in Subsection (a), the judge may assign each juror an identification number to use in place of the juror's name.Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 37.05
Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 287,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.