Texas § CR.37.13 - IF JURY BELIEVES ACCUSED INSANE
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§ CR.37.13. IF JURY BELIEVES ACCUSED INSANE
IF JURY BELIEVES ACCUSED INSANE. When a jury has been impaneled to assess the punishment upon a plea of guilty, it shall say in its verdict what the punishment is which it assesses; but if it is of the opinion that a person pleading guilty is insane, it shall so report to the court, and an issue as to that fact shall be tried before another jury; and if, upon such trial, it be found that the defendant is insane, such proceedings shall be had as directed in cases where a defendant becomes insane after conviction. Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
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