Proposed amendments to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure include a "plain language" revision of the instructions judges must give prospective jurors and jury members selected for a trial. Kennon Peterson (pictured), the Supreme Court's rules attorney, says the court rewrote the instructions prescribed under Rule 226a "in plain language that jurors are more likely to understand and therefore to follow."
December 20, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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Proposed amendments to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure include a “plain language” revision of the instructions judges must give prospective jurors and jury members selected for a trial.
Misc. Docket No. 10-9210, posted Dec. 14 on the Texas Supreme Court’s website and signed Dec. 13, would amend jury instructions required by court order under Rule 226a and would amend Rules 281 and 284.
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