Texas Statutes
§ 36.31 — DISAGREEMENT OF JURY.
Texas § 36.31
JurisdictionTexas
Code CRCode of Criminal Procedure
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Bluebook
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 36.31 (2026).
Text
Art. 36.31. DISAGREEMENT OF JURY. After the cause is submitted to the jury, it may be discharged when it cannot agree and both parties consent to its discharge; or the court may in its discretion discharge it where it has been kept together for such time as to render it altogether improbable that it can agree.
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Related
Jaime Constante v. State
(Court of Appeals of Texas, 2013)
Legislative History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Nearby Sections
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§ 36.02
TESTIMONY AT ANY TIME.§ 36.03
INVOCATION OF RULE.§ 36.05
NOT TO HEAR TESTIMONY.§ 36.06
INSTRUCTED BY THE COURT.§ 36.07
ORDER OF ARGUMENT.§ 36.08
NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS.§ 36.10
ORDER OF TRIAL.§ 36.11
DISCHARGE BEFORE VERDICT.§ 36.12
COURT MAY COMMIT.§ 36.13
JURY IS JUDGE OF FACTS.§ 36.14
CHARGE OF COURT.§ 36.15
REQUESTED SPECIAL CHARGES.§ 36.16
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 36.31, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/CR/36.31.