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Chapter 390 S.B. No. 705 1 AN ACT 2 relating to an annual report by the Office of Court Administration 3 of the Texas Judicial System about jury charges and sentences in 4 capital cases. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 6 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 72, Government Code, is 7 amended by adding Section 72.087 to read as follows: 8 Sec. 72.087. CAPITAL TRIALS. (a) The office shall 9 annually collect and publish a report of information regarding 10 cases involving the trial of a capital offense. 11 (b) The report must include: 12 (1) the contents of the trial court's charge to the 13 jury; and 14 (2) the sentence issued in each case. 15 (c) Not later than the 30th day after the date the udgment
16 of conviction or acquittal is entered in a case involving the trial 17 of a capital offense, the judge or clerk of the court shall submit 18 to the office a written record of the case containing the 19 Information required by Subsection (b). 20 SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2008, the Office of 21 Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall publish its 22 first report of information regarding cases involving the trial of 23 a capital offense, as required by Section 72.087, Government Code, 24 as added by this Act.
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Texas. Legislature. Senate.80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 705, Chapter 390,
legislative document,
June 15, 2007;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth156264/m1/1/:
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