Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 35.22 · Chapter 35. FORMATION OF THE JURY
OATH TO JURY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When the jury has been selected, the following oath shall be administered them by the court or under its direction: "You and each of you do solemnly swear that in the case of the State of Texas against the defendant, you will a true verdict render according to the law and the evidence, so help you God".
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.35.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 f363c6b6ded184e139ddcd9f19b30e2edaf7c2c2599525c4f5fb3c272831f734
- Composed by
- 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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