Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 45.027 - [Repealed Effective 1/1/2025] Jury Summoned(a) If the accused does not waive a trial by jury, the justice or judge shall issue a writ commanding the proper officer to summon a venire from which six qualified persons shall be selected to serve as jurors in the case.(b) The jurors when so summoned shall remain in attendance as jurors in all cases that may come up for hearing until discharged by the court.(c) Any person so summoned who fails to attend may be fined an amount not to exceed $100 for contempt.Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 45.027
Repealed by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 765,Sec. 3.001, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 802, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1995. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 45.25 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1545, Sec. 25, eff. 9/1/1999.Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.