734
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Q- 0. MANN
A-a-
Eonorabh R. 3. Ritehay, Jr.
County Attorney
Ja8per County
Jasper, Texar
Dear sir:
Tour request
ttib oonsidsrsd by
quest as follawra
ty oourt, the
t to four sontb
l.ngthe Jubge’a laotruo-
- to losue suoh
If the pwd~bseot
judgment shall rpeo’liy
proper proew.e~~
It’ahall elro adjudge tho oortq a&rut tha defend-
ant, and order the oolleotioa thereof eIIin other
oasoa. Art. 797 (CCP) provides: A defrndant who
ha# rbmalned in jail the length of tim rmqulrsd
b7 the judgiaent shall bb discharged.
735
Honomblr R. D. fiItoh47,Jr., Page 2
mMw in the 154tant aa88, the deiondant
had bena in jail rufiioient lewth of t&m to
disohargr the four months u4aGOnab and thr coot8
adjudgeda&aIMt hIa, this tlmb bavlng born
served pior to thb e8ntonoa and jud@a4nt by
the Courti but the aourt*a jtigztsnta nd len-
tonor via8 to the oftsatthat he war to be #van
credit tor thr tl!aealrerdt spent In jell. No
doubt, the purpoer of thr Ja@o In aaklng the
SbStbSO4 in this wa7 w&r to 4SY8 thb Oo\tnty
the oolta of fssdlw the priaonrr any turth8r.
and hr aot8d on the ground that the tlmr that
thr dstendant hsd apent In jail was sag18 pun-
Irhnsnt ror the OftbIbS 00!ludtt44.-
"Xindl7 rander 7dur opinion a8 to orheth4r
auoh aotlon on the prt of the oourt Is p8mlr-
alble, and If the otrlo8ra arm entitled to
their half f488 In eueh lastanob."
Art1018 758, VbrAOa'8 AMotatad Tsxar Co68 of Grim-
inal Prooodurb, reeds as r0ii0w4r
*If a 581 trial 18 not igantbd, nor judgment
arrested in felon7 o a a ea ,
the lontono8 shall bo
proamnosd in the preronar of the drfaadaatat
sly, thb bX iX’&tiOA Of thb tiS4 4lhw-
t;lU4 i&tttiF
bd ror matiny the zotfon for a 54w trial or the
motion in arrest of j-anti
drianaant ha8 bssa triadtar an7 vlolntion zi
thr laws of thr State Of ‘tbXa8, aOd ha8 bob5
oonriotad en4 has opp4aled from eald juQ48At
ma/or sentenoe ot oonvlatIo5, and whore said
dataa has brea arflmsd b7 the Court ot Crla-
1~1 A9p4414, and artsr rsoelpt of the mandate
by the Clerk of thb trial Oourt, thr judge IS
suthorlzed to again 0411 sald defendant bstora
BoAorablb E. B. Rltahbl, Jr., Page 5
hlla,and it, pondlag l ppnal, the dQt4lbdSAt
ham oot a1444 bcrd or~eotsrsd Into tmaognl-
zaaom bed ham raaainmd in jail pendfng thb
tlms of such appeal, meld trial judge may then
in his discretion rm-48nt4no8 the defendant,
Ond racrp 8UbtIYOt frQin the OrigiMl sbAtbA04
PrOAOUnCbd UpOAt~hpe dBfbnd4& tb4 iBA@$h Of
the thr defendant ham lain In jail pending
4uch argeal; I?rorldsd,hountbr, that the gro-
vls~ona of this sot ah411 not Spp17 aitor
eonrlotlza and 44nt4504 la folo~y oeaea IA
;;It;wbond or reim@&%eno4 i8 not petitted
s .* ([inderucorly ours)
Opinion Xo. O-82$9 of thin departamt hold4 that
a eheriti n&y not hold a darendeat for costs IA a sirdozear.or
oaao whharr the JudC7pant does not pror1d4 for oo4ta: ~4 en-
01043 tsrerith a 002~ ot ssld 0pI5105 lor 72ur ?afam5tIon.
Article 1055, Vernoo~m .imotated Tox44 Codo or
Crlslnal Prooadaro, road4 Se tOlloWSt
“The gouatp ah1111not be liable to the
offiobr and wItrise having oomta In a da-
d~a~,sanor caao where Qetsrdant p474 him the
and oo.ate. T&mcounty shall be 1IabLo for
am-half of the tmra of ths otflo8ra of the
Court, rhbn tbo dm~sn~ant tail4 to pay his
flns aLa lays his fine out In tte oountp jail
or dlschwgss the mm4 by Jpsmna a? working
such rlno out 05 ths coontp road4 or on an7
county projoat. And to pa7 much helf of
cost*, the CouAt7 Clark shall lssus hla warrant
03 the County ~tenaurar IA,.~ravor
oi ruoh offi-
cer to bs pnld out or ths %ad and Bridge fund
02 other funas not otherwlae appropriated.*
You arm respectfully advised that it 18 th4 opinion
of tbls de~ertnani, that hrtlcls 768, Y. A. C, C. P., au?ra,
authorlzra tbb aountp judge to ~I04 a drfandant oonvloted or
a mlsdezmanor crcdlt on hi8 osntenoe for thr the, or 4n7
part thsreof, wbIoh said dstendant hmr apont In jail I5 said
oauas, fron the time of trrast &ad oonflnement until hIa
SSAtS5CB by the OOUntyjUdgb.
Ubnorabls 8. B. Rltohry, f?., ?a'age
4
It 10 oar rueher oplnlon tmai32 th, saotr rtated
LA your 18ttW that th0 OfrlOM nOtid AOt b8 OAtitbd t0
half fees frtu t&o coqty under Article 106ll,V. A. C. C. P.,
ithor. the
su;lrs, jatl.?tiar was aerred nrlor and not subse-
M to the tr~rL.aoO.gonriotfon. - -