Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 34.02 · Chapter 34. SPECIAL VENIRE IN CAPITAL CASES
ADDITIONAL NAMES DRAWN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In any criminal case in which the court deems that the veniremen theretofore drawn will be insufficient for the trial of the case, or in any criminal case in which the venire has been exhausted by challenge or otherwise, the court shall order additional veniremen in such numbers as the court may deem advisable, to be summoned as follows:
(a) In a jury wheel county, the names of those to be summoned shall be drawn from the jury wheel.
(b) In counties not using the jury wheel, the veniremen shall be summoned by the sheriff.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.34.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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