Sec. 72.087. CAPITAL TRIALS  


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  • (a) The office shall annually collect and publish a report of information regarding cases involving the trial of a capital offense.

    (b) The report must include:

    (1) the contents of the trial court's charge to the jury; and

    (2) the sentence issued in each case.

    (c) Not later than the 30th day after the date the judgment of conviction or acquittal is entered in a case involving the trial of a capital offense, the judge or clerk of the court shall submit to the office a written record of the case containing the information required by Subsection (b).

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 390 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.