Defriend v. State

Citations

• 22 Tex. Ct. App. 570
• 2 S.W. 641
• 1886 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 290

Syllabus

<p>Practice—Jury Law.—After the jury has been sworn in a felony case the law expressly inhibits their separation “ until they have returned a verdict, unless by permission of the court, with the consent of the attorneys representing the State and the defendant and in charge of an officer,” and no person shall be permitted to converse with a juror after he has been impaneled in a felony case except in the presence and by the permisión of the court. A violation of this rule constitutes reversible error without reference to the question of probable injury, as in the case of a separation without consent of parties or permission of the court. The trial court can not; over objection of the defendant, in a felony ease, permit an impaneled juror to converse with the State’s attorney or any one else except in the presence of the court.</p>