Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided May 14, 1996Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Mike Driscoll Harris County District Attorney 1001 Preston, Suite 634 Houston, Texas 77002-1891
Re: Whether an interpreter for a deaf juror may accompany the juror into the jury room during deliberations (RQ-723)
Dear Mr. Driscoll:
You ask this office whether an interpreter for a deaf juror may accompany the juror into the jury room during deliberations. You are concerned with an apparent conflict between article 36.22 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which prohibits any person other than a juror from being in the jury room during deliberations, and sections 21.002 and 21.009 of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. GuzmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Galloway v. Superior Court of the District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1993
- United States v. Thomas P. DempseyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- People v. CaldwellCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1993
- DeLong v. BrumbaughDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
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