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An Appeal From Judgment Entered Pursuant To Texas Rule Of Civil Procedure 174(B), Separate Trials, Is Interlocutory And There Is No Basis For Treating An Order For A Separate Trial As An Order Of Severance., James A. Smith
St. Mary's Law Journal
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Informing A Jury Of The Legal Effect Of Its Answers., James G. Denton
Informing A Jury Of The Legal Effect Of Its Answers., James G. Denton
St. Mary's Law Journal
Limiting jury consideration to facts, as opposed to the outcome, best serves special issue systems. The purpose of the special issues system is to ensure juries answer the presented questions without bias or prejudice. Though several writers have persuasively advocated for advising juries of the consequences of their findings, doing so seems to undermine the purpose of special issue systems because it allows for juries to answer questions with reference to their desired outcome. To ensure juries answer issues on the facts alone, trial judges should not give a jury, directly or indirectly, any information that may apprise them of …