Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 11. CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS |
Chapter 841. CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS |
Subchapter D. TRIAL |
Sec. 841.062. DETERMINATION OF PREDATOR STATUS
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(a) The judge or jury shall determine whether, beyond a reasonable doubt, the person is a sexually violent predator. Either the state or the person is entitled to appeal the determination.
(b) A jury determination that the person is a sexually violent predator must be by unanimous verdict.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 4.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.