Tex. Gov't Code § 432.066 · Subchapter G. TRIAL PROCEDURE
CHALLENGES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The military judge and members of a general or special court-martial may be challenged by the accused or the trial counsel for cause stated to the court. The military judge, or, if none, the court, shall determine the relevancy and validity of challenges for cause and may not receive a challenge to more than one person at a time. Challenges by trial counsel shall ordinarily be presented and decided before those by the accused are offered.
(b) Each accused and the trial counsel are entitled to one preemptory challenge, but the military judge may not be challenged except for cause.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.432.htm
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