AUSTIN. -rEXArc V8711
neoember6,1965
Honorable JImmyI#orrls oplnlon lo. c-550
gounty Attorney
Havarro County Re: Construction of Article
Corsicana, Texas 15.16of the Code of criminal
Procedure of 1966aa to rord
Dear P&. Morris: ’Imnedlately . *
Your opinion request in regard to the above matter lndl-
catea that you are In doubt at8 to the word niaaedlately” In
a oa6e In which a defendant 1% arrested at night and a magis-
trate in not presently available.
In this context you are advised, that, in the regular
oouree of offlclal buslneee, a magistrate, before whomthe
statute requires the defendant to be taken, doee not keep ‘~’
open oFfice at night. Hence, under theae circumstances,
pending the return of the regular time for official busi-
neaa, a defendant need not be taken lnatanteneoualg or rlth-
out lnterventlon of tire before a magietrate but may be taken
before hln i&t mb time aa he commence8 his re lar daylight
offloe houra. Wlbert v, State, 284 S.Y.Zd 90r ;.Beeland v.
State, 193 SiyI,
moEtat: 6pY%&
When a defendant ia arrested bt night,
Artlole 15.16, Texas Code of Crlmlnal Pro-
aedure requires that he be taken before a
magistrate no sooner than the opening of
the magistrate’8 office during the daylight
haora.
Yours very truly,
WA@QCJdBFi CARR
. +torn#iy ileneral of Texaa
Aaaiatant’Attorney Qeneral
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Honorable J5mny Morris, page 2 (~-558)
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W. V. Oeppert, Chalman
Douglas Chilton
Robert Owen
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