Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 19A.051
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 19A.051, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 19A.051. SELECTION AND SUMMONS OF PROSPECTIVE GRAND JURORS.
Official statutory text
(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 exemptions from service as a grand juror and impanel the completed grand jury as provided by this chapter.
(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 exemptions from service as a grand juror and impanel the completed grand jury as provided by this chapter.
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