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. art. 35.13
PASSING JUROR FOR CHALLENGE
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Bigby v. State (1994)
Most recently applied in Bigby v. Dretke (March 2005)
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.