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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Government Code § 72.087: CAPITAL TRIALS.

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  1. GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH
  3. SUBTITLE F. COURT ADMINISTRATION
  4. CHAPTER 72. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION
  5. SUBCHAPTER E. COURT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

(a) The office shall annually collect and publish a report of information regarding cases involving the trial of a capital offense.

(b) The report must include:

(1) the contents of the trial court's charge to the jury; and

(2) the sentence issued in each case.

(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date the judgment of conviction or acquittal is entered in a case involving the trial of a capital offense, the judge or clerk of the court shall submit to the office a written record of the case containing the information required by Subsection (b).

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 390 (S.B. 705), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

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