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TX Code Crim Pro art 36.15 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.15. Requested Special Charges

Before the court reads his charge to the jury, counsel on both sides shall have a reasonable time to present written instructions and ask that they be given to the jury.  The requirement that the instructions be in writing is complied with if the instructions are dictated to the court reporter in the presence of the court and the state's counsel, before the reading of the court's charge to the jury.  The court shall give or refuse these charges.  The defendant may, by a special requested instruction, call the trial court's attention to error in the charge, as well as omissions therefrom, and no other exception or objection to the court's charge shall be necessary to preserve any error reflected by any special requested instruction which the trial court refuses.Any special requested charge which is granted shall be incorporated in the main charge and shall be treated as a part thereof, and the jury shall not be advised that it is a special requested charge of either party.  The judge shall read to the jury only such special charges as he gives.When the defendant has leveled objections to the charge or has requested instructions or both, and the court thereafter modifies his charge and rewrites the same and in so doing does not respond to objections or requested charges, or any of them, then the objections or requested charges shall not be deemed to have been waived by the party making or requesting the same, but shall be deemed to continue to have been urged by the party making or requesting the same unless the contrary is shown by the record;  no exception by the defendant to the action of the court shall be necessary or required in order to preserve for review the error claimed in the charge.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.  Amended by Acts 1979, 36th Leg., p. 1109, ch. 525, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.|Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2245, ch. 537, Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 1981.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.16 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.16. Final Charge

After the judge shall have received the objections to his main charge, together with any special charges offered, he may make such changes in his main charge as he may deem proper, and the defendant or his counsel shall have the opportunity to present their objections thereto and in the same manner as is provided in Article 36.15, and thereupon the judge shall read his charge to the jury as finally written, together with any special charges given, and no further exception or objection shall be required of the defendant in order to preserve any objections or exceptions theretofore made.  After the argument begins no further charge shall be given to the jury unless required by the improper argument of counsel or the request of the jury, or unless the judge shall, in his discretion, permit the introduction of other testimony, and in the event of such further charge, the defendant or his counsel shall have the right to present objections in the same manner as is prescribed in Article 36.15.  The failure of the court to give the defendant or his counsel a reasonable time to examine the charge and specify the ground of objection shall be subject to review either in the trial court or in the appellate court.|Acts 1965, 56th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.17 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.17. Charge Certified by Judge

The general charge given by the court and all special charges given or refused shall be certified by the judge and filed among the papers in the cause.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.18 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.18. Jury May Take Charge

The jury may take to their jury room the charges given by the court after the same have been filed.  They shall not be permitted to take with them any charge or part thereof which the court has refused to give.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.19 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.19. Review of Charge on Appeal

Whenever it appears by the record in any criminal action upon appeal that any requirement of Articles 36.14, 36.15, 36.16, 36.17 and 36.18 has been disregarded, the judgment shall not be reversed unless the error appearing from the record was calculated to injure the rights of defendant, or unless it appears from the record that the defendant has not had a fair and impartial trial.  All objections to the charge and to the refusal of special charges shall be made at the time of the trial.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.21 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.21. To Provide Jury Room

The sheriff shall provide a suitable room for the deliberation of the jury and supply them with such necessary food and lodging as he can obtain.  No intoxicating liquor shall be furnished them.  In all cases wherein a jury consists partly of male jurors and partly of female jurors, the sheriff shall provide facilities for the female jurors separate and apart from the facilities provided for the male jurors.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.215 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.215. Recording of Jury Deliberations

A person may not use any device to produce or make an audio, visual, or audio-visual broadcast, recording, or photograph of a jury while the jury is deliberating.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.22 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.22. Conversing With Jury

No person shall be permitted to be with a jury while it is deliberating.  No person shall be permitted to converse with a juror about the case on trial except in the presence and by the permission of the court.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.23 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.23. Violation of Preceding Article

Any juror or other person violating the preceding Article shall be punished for contempt of court by confinement in jail not to exceed three days or by fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.24 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.24. Officer Shall Attend Jury

The sheriff of the county shall furnish the court with a bailiff during the trial of any case to attend the wants of the jury and to act under the direction of the court.  If the person furnished by the sheriff is to be called as a witness in the case he may not serve as bailiff.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.25 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.25. Written Evidence

There shall be furnished to the jury upon its request any exhibits admitted as evidence in the case.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.26 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.26. Foreman of Jury

Each jury shall appoint one of its members foreman.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.27 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.27. Jury May Communicate With Court

When the jury wishes to communicate with the court, it shall so notify the sheriff, who shall inform the court thereof.  Any communication relative to the cause must be written, prepared by the foreman and shall be submitted to the court through the bailiff.  The court shall answer any such communication in writing, and before giving such answer to the jury shall use reasonable diligence to secure the presence of the defendant and his counsel, and shall first submit the question and also submit his answer to the same to the defendant or his counsel or objections and exceptions, in the same manner as any other written instructions are submitted to such counsel, before the court gives such answer to the jury, but if he is unable to secure the presence of the defendant and his counsel, then he shall proceed to answer the same as he deems proper.  The written instruction or answer to the communication shall be read in open court unless expressly waived by the defendant.All such proceedings in felony cases shall be a part of the record and recorded by the court reporter.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.28 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.28. Jury May Have Witness Re-Examined or Testimony Read

In the trial of a criminal case in a court of record, if the jury disagree as to the statement of any witness they may, upon applying to the court, have read to them from the court reporter's notes that part of such witness testimony or the particular point in dispute, and no other;  but if there be no such reporter, or if his notes cannot be read to the jury, the court may cause such witness to be again brought upon the stand and the judge shall direct him to repeat his testimony as to the point in dispute, and no other, as nearly as he can in the language used on the trial.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.29 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.29. If a Juror Dies or Becomes Disabled

(a)  Not less than twelve jurors can render and return a verdict in a felony case.  It must be concurred in by each juror and signed by the foreman.  Except as provided in Subsection (b), however, after the trial of any felony case begins and a juror dies or, as determined by the judge, becomes disabled from sitting at any time before the charge of the court is read to the jury, the remainder of the jury shall have the power to render the verdict;  but when the verdict shall be rendered by less than the whole number, it shall be signed by every member of the jury concurring in it.(b) If alternate jurors have been selected in a capital case in which the state seeks the death penalty and a juror dies or becomes disabled from sitting at any time before the charge of the court is read to the jury, the alternate juror whose name was called first under Article 35.26 of this code shall replace the dead or disabled juror.  Likewise, if another juror dies or becomes disabled from sitting before the charge of the court is read to the jury, the other alternate juror shall replace the second juror to die or become disabled.(c)  After the charge of the court is read to the jury, if a juror becomes so sick as to prevent the continuance of the juror's duty and an alternate juror is not available, or if any accident of circumstance occurs to prevent the jury from being kept together under circumstances under which the law or the instructions of the court requires that the jury be kept together, the jury shall be discharged, except that on agreement on the record by the defendant, the defendant's counsel, and the attorney representing the state 11 members of a jury may render a verdict and, if punishment is to be assessed by the jury, assess punishment.  If a verdict is rendered by less than the whole number of the jury, each member of the jury shall sign the verdict.(d)  After the jury has rendered a verdict on the guilt or innocence of the defendant and, if applicable, the amount of punishment, the court shall discharge an alternate juror who has not replaced a juror.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2264, ch. 545, Sec. 2, eff. June 12, 1981;  Subsec. (b) amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 652, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Subsec. (c) amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 866, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Art. heading amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1000, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1000, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 846 (H.B. 1086), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 627 (H.B. 1321), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.30 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.30. Discharging Jury in Misdemeanor

If nine of the jury can be kept together in a misdemeanor case in the district court, they shall not be discharged.  If more than three of the twelve are discharged, the entire jury shall be discharged.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.31 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.31. Disagreement of Jury

After the cause is submitted to the jury, it may be discharged when it cannot agree and both parties consent to its discharge;  or the court may in its discretion discharge it where it has been kept together for such time as to render it altogether improbable that it can agree.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.32 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.32. Receipt of Verdict and Final Adjournment

During the trial of any case, the term shall be deemed to have been extended until such time as the jury has rendered its verdict or been discharged according to law.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 36.33 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 36 - The Trial Before the Jury|Article 36.33. Discharge Without Verdict

When a jury has been discharged, as provided in the four preceding Articles, without having rendered a verdict, the cause may be again tried at the same or another term.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
TX Code Crim Pro art 37.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - The Verdict|Article 37.01. Verdict

A "verdict" is a written declaration by a jury of its decision of the issue submitted to it in the case.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 37.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - The Verdict|Article 37.02. Verdict by Nine Jurors

In misdemeanor cases in the district court, where one or more jurors have been discharged from serving after the cause has been submitted to them, if all the alternate jurors selected under Article 33.011 of this code have either been seated or discharged, and there be as many as nine of the jurors remaining, those remaining may render and return a verdict;  but in such case, the verdict must be signed by each juror rendering it.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4594, ch. 775, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 37.03 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - The Verdict|Article 37.03. In County Court

In the county court the verdict must be concurred in by each juror.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 37.04 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - The Verdict|Article 37.04. When Jury Has Agreed

When the jury agrees upon a verdict, it shall be brought into court by the proper officer;  and if it states that it has agreed, the verdict shall be read aloud by the judge, the foreman, or the clerk.  If in proper form and no juror dissents therefrom, and neither party requests a poll of the jury, the verdict shall be entered upon the minutes of the court.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 171, ch. 78, Sec. 1, eff. April 30, 1981.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 37.05 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - The Verdict|Article 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. |Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 287 (S.B. 46), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 37.06 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - The Verdict|Article 37.06. Presence of Defendant

In felony cases the defendant must be present when the verdict is read unless his absence is wilful or voluntary.  A verdict in a misdemeanor case may be received and read in the absence of the defendant.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 37.073 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - The Verdict|Article 37.073. Repayment of Rewards; Fines

(a)  After a defendant has been convicted of a felony offense, the judge may order a defendant to pay a fine repaying all or part of a reward paid by a crime stoppers organization.(b)  In determining whether the defendant must repay the reward or part of the reward, the court shall consider:(1)  the ability of the defendant to make the payment and the financial hardship on the defendant to make the required payment; and(2)  the importance of the information to the prosecution of the defendant as provided by the arresting officer or the attorney for the state with due regard for the confidentiality of the crime stoppers organization records.(c)  In this article, "crime stoppers organization" means a crime stoppers organization, as defined by Subdivision (2), Section 414.001, Government Code, that is approved by the Texas Crime Stoppers Council to receive payments of rewards under this article and Article 42.152.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 611, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from art. 37.072 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 19.01(5), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 700, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 168 (H.B. 590), Sec. 4, eff. May 27, 2009.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 2.08, eff. January 1, 2020.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 2.09, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 37.08 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - The Verdict|Article 37.08. Conviction of Lesser Included Offense

In a prosecution for an offense with lesser included offenses, the jury may find the defendant not guilty of the greater offense, but guilty of any lesser included offense.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.  Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 972, ch. 399, Sec. 2(A), eff. Jan. 1, 1974.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 37.09 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - The Verdict|Article 37.09. Lesser Included Offense

An offense is a lesser included offense if:(1) it is established by proof of the same or less than all the facts required to establish the commission of the offense charged;(2) it differs from the offense charged only in the respect that a less serious injury or risk of injury to the same person, property, or public interest suffices to establish its commission;(3) it differs from the offense charged only in the respect that a less culpable mental state suffices to establish its commission;  or(4) it consists of an attempt to commit the offense charged or an otherwise included offense.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.  Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 972, ch. 399, Sec. 2(A), eff. Jan. 1, 1974.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 37.10 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - The Verdict|Article 37.10. Informal Verdict

(a)  If the verdict of the jury is informal, its attention shall be called to it, and with its consent the verdict may, under the direction of the court, be reduced to the proper form.  If the jury refuses to have the verdict altered, it shall again retire to its room to deliberate, unless it manifestly appear that the verdict is intended as an acquittal;  and in that case, the judgment shall be rendered accordingly, discharging the defendant.(b) If the jury assesses punishment in a case and in the verdict assesses both punishment that is authorized by law for the offense and punishment that is not authorized by law for the offense, the court shall reform the verdict to show the punishment authorized by law and to omit the punishment not authorized by law.  If the trial court is required to reform a verdict under this subsection and fails to do so, the appellate court shall reform the verdict as provided by this subsection.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 442, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 1985.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 37.11 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - The Verdict|Article 37.11. Defendants Tried Jointly

Where several defendants are tried together, the jury may convict each defendant it finds guilty and acquit others.  If it agrees to a verdict as to one or more, it may find a verdict in accordance with such agreement, and if it cannot agree as to others, a mistrial may be entered as to them.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|