Organización y Selección del Gran Jurado en Texas

CHAPTER 19A. GRAND JURY ORGANIZATION SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS Statute text rendered on: 9/1/2024 - 478 - CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Art. 19A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Array" means the whole body of persons summoned to serve as grand jurors before the grand jurors have been impaneled. (2) "Panel" means the whole body of grand jurors. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.03, eff. January 1, 2021. SUBCHAPTER B. SELECTION AND SUMMONS OF PROSPECTIVE GRAND JURORS Art. 19A.051. SELECTION AND SUMMONS OF PROSPECTIVE GRAND JURORS. (a) The district judge shall direct that the number of prospective grand jurors the judge considers necessary to ensure an adequate number of grand jurors under Article 19A.201 be selected and summoned, with return on summons. (b) The prospective grand jurors shall be selected and summoned in the same manner as for the selection and summons of panels for the trial of civil cases in the district courts. (c) The judge shall test the qualifications for and excuses from service as a grand juror and impanel the completed grand jury as provided by this chapter. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.03, eff. January 1, 2021. Art. 19A.052. QUALIFIED PERSONS SUMMONED. On directing the sheriff or clerk of the district court to summon grand jurors, the court shall instruct the sheriff or clerk of the district court to not summon a person to serve as a grand juror who does not possess the qualif