Bill Text: TX HB3759 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3759 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the role of a jury in a criminal case.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-29 - Left pending in committee [HB3759 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3759-Introduced.html



	By: Anderson of Dallas	H.B. No. 3759



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the role of a jury in a criminal case.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Article 36.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended to read as follows:
	ART. 36.13. ROLE OF JURY [~~IS JUDGE OF FACTS~~]. Unless
	otherwise provided in this Code, the jury is the exclusive judge of
	the facts, but it is bound to receive the law from the court and be
	governed thereby. The court shall inform the jury of its role to
	judge the facts and to apply the law in relation to the facts in
	controversy.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a
	jury selected on or after the effective date of this Act. A
	jury selected before the effective date of this Act is governed by
	the law in effect on the date the jury was selected, and the former
	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.