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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 37.13

If Jury Believes Accused Insane

The Verdict

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.

Official text of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.