79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 451, Chapter 801 Page: 4 of 6
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S.B. No. 451
1 [h-im in hi action] in finding a verdict. To ascertain whether this
2 cause of challenge exists, the juror shall first be asked whether,
3 in the juror's [h4s] opinion, the conclusion so established will
4 influence the juror's [i-s] verdict. If the juror [he] answers in
5 the affirmative, the juror [he] shall be discharged without further
6 interrogation by either party or the court. If the juror [he]
7 answers in the negative, the juror [.e] shall be further examined as
8 to how the juror's [i-s] conclusion was formed, and the extent to
9 which it will affect the juror's [his] action; and, if it appears to
10 have been formed from reading newspaper accounts, communications,
11 statements or reports or mere rumor or hearsay, and if the juror
12 states that the juror [he] feels able, notwithstanding such
13 opinion, to render an impartial verdict upon the law and the
14 evidence, the court, if satisfied that the juror [he] is impartial
15 and will render such verdict, may, in its discretion, admit the
16 juror [him] as competent to serve in such case. If the court, in its
17 discretion, is not satisfied that the juror [he] is impartial, the
18 juror shall be discharged;
19 11. That the juror [he] cannot read or write.
20 No juror shall be impaneled when it appears that the juror
21 [he] is subject to the second, third or fourth grounds of challenge
22 for cause set forth above, although both parties may consent. All
23 other grounds for challenge may be waived by the party or parties in
24 whose favor such grounds of challenge exist.
25 In this subsection "legally blind" shall mean having not more
26 than 20/200 of visual acuity in the better eye with correcting
27 lenses, or visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with a limitation4
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 451, Chapter 801, legislative document, June 17, 2005; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth157787/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.