Section 21.26 Preliminary Procedure

• Library: Criminal Practice 2012 Supp

2. (§21.26) Preliminary Procedure

To preserve the record for appeal and to protect the defendant’s right to challenge the state’s use of peremptory strikes removing persons of a cognizable group, the following procedure should be followed:

1. The race of all venirepersons should be placed on the record.

2. An objection should be made each time the prosecutor strikes a member of a cognizable group and a record made as to the race or group to which the juror belongs. The objection should be made before the...