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.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 36.22
CONVERSING WITH JURY
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Glover v. State (1990)
Most recently applied in Whitfield v. State (March 2017)
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
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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.