Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 19A.153 — CHALLENGE TO GRAND JUROR

CR § 19A.153Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 19A. GRAND JURY ORGANIZATION · Art. D. CHALLENGE TO ARRAY OR GRAND JUROR

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(a)A challenge to a grand juror may be made orally for any of the following causes:

(1)that the grand juror is insane;

(2)that the grand juror has a defect in the organs of feeling or hearing, or a bodily or mental defect or disease that renders the grand juror unfit for grand jury service, or that the grand juror is legally blind and the court in its discretion is not satisfied that the grand juror is fit for grand jury service in that particular case;

(3)that the grand juror is a witness in or a target of an investigation of a grand jury;

(4)that the grand juror served on a petit jury in a former trial of the same alleged conduct or offense that the grand jury is investigating;

(5)that the grand juror has a bias or prejudice in favor of or against the person accused or suspected of committing an offense that the grand jury is investigating;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.03, eff. January 1, 2021.