THE STATE OF TEXAS VS. (Defendant's Name)

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IN THE COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT NO. _____ OF DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

   NOW COMES the Defendant, (Defendant's Name), in the above-styled and numbered cause, in open Court at the time of entering his/her plea and, in accordance with Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann., Art. 37.07, elects that the punishment in this case be assessed by the jury.

   WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the Defendant respectfully prays that the Court grant this Motion in all things.

Respectfully submitted, ____________________________________ (Defendant's Name) DEFENDANT ____________________________________ (Attorney's Name, Address, Bar Card No.) ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT (Name)

   I, the undersigned, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Defendant's Motion to Elect the Jury to Assess Punishment was forwarded to Mr. Bill Hill, District Attorney, Frank Crowley Courts Building, 133 North Industrial Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75207 on this the ________ day of ___________, 200___.

____________________________________ Attorney's Name

   ON THIS the _______ day of ______, 200___, came on to be heard the foregoing Defendant's Motion to Elect the Jury to Assess Punishment, and same is hereby GRANTED/DENIED, to which action Defendant excepted.

____________________________________ JUDGE