HB215 —

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This bill amends 4 section(s) of the Texas statutes: Section 12.31, Penal Code, Section 2(b), Section 1, Section 557.012(b), Government Code.

• Section 12.31, Penal Code

  in a case in which the state seeks the death penalty shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life without parole or by death. An individual adjudged guilty of a capital felony in a case in which the state does not seek the death penalty in which the state seeks the death penalty, prospective jurors shall be informed that a sentence of life imprisonment without parole or death is mandatory on conviction of a capital felony. In a capital felony trial in which the state does not seek the death penalty that the state is not seeking the death penalty and

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• The other than a capital felony case in which the state notifies the court and the defendant that it will seek the death penalty shall have the right in which the attorney representing the State notifies the court and the defendant that it will not seek the death penalty → Subject to Subsection (b), the is entitled

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• require appointments for defendants in capital cases in which the death penalty is sought to comply with any applicable requirements under Articles 11.071 and 26.052; (5) (6) appointments for defendants in capital cases in which the death penalty is sought comply with the requirements of Article 26.052; and (D) → (5) and

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• , but the clerk of such court shall furnish the defendant or his counsel a list of the persons summoned as provided in Article 34.04

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• non-capital and in capital cases in which the State does not seek the death penalty

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• infliction the punishment of death for crime, , where the State is seeking the death penalty he he → imposition a sentence of imprisonment for life without parole the juror the juror

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• 1 except as provided in Section 2, 2. In a capital felony case in which the State seeks the death penalty, the court shall propound to the entire panel of prospective jurors questions concerning the principles, as applicable to the case on trial, of reasonable doubt, burden of proof, return of indictment by grand jury, presumption of innocence, and opinion. Then, on demand of the State or defendant, either is entitled to examine each juror on voir dire individually and apart from the entire panel, and may further question the juror on the principles propounded by the court.

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• In non-capital cases and in capital cases in which the State's attorney has announced that he will not qualify the jury for, or seek the death penalty, the him → The the party

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• (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, the he (b) In a capital case in which the state seeks the death penalty, the court may direct that two alternate jurors be selected and that the first fourteen names not stricken be called off by the clerk. The last two names to be called are the alternate jurors. → The the clerk

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• Except as provided in Subsection (b), however, after → After

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• Section 2(b)

  Except as provided by Article 37.071 or 37.072, if → If

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• Section 1

  death or death,

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• Section 557.012(b), Government Code

  : (1) death; or (2) (A) (B) → (1) (2)

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