HO. 3060
A person indloted for ariv1ng mn autcuGs-
bile while 1n:oxlcetedpleads guilty to
the cmrt xlthmt . jury, and h:. punleh-
meat 1~ fixed at fir0 days ln jaila nd l
fine, rlth the jell reotonooboiag mue-
mb6, Reid, thet rhllo the lo tlo n
oi
tho ocurt in surpendlngthe jail wntonoo
is arraaeou~,the judged of corrlctfon
le l final on?, lubjeot ts bolnt mot addo
on m-tlon ior new trial or e;*oel.
O?FICE OF TEL ATTORXSY
Gh!JXW,L
June 9, 1939 .
HonorableHomer ~3srrlcou,
Jr..
Dlrootor,Depertmnt or Fubllo Bar&y
Uurtln, TOx68
'DoerSir:
OplnlonIfo.O-713
Re: whothor l r0i0njr oonriotion
is l final oat)rrhcirathe
punirhmentlm axed at l
fine and ilro dsyc Ln jell
dth the Jell lentonco mm-
pendod.
60 me lo r..celpt
0: yiur letter of Aprll 96,
1982, whcreh 7% reluost our oglnlon in rerponseto the
rollowing puastioa:
*In the OQSO OS a Dllitrlot Courtrordlot
of tire days In jell end tine, the jell eon-
tenco being ailqmded, 1s such a convLotlona
final o~3nv~ctlon?w
Ke are advlscdthat the oonvlotlonto uhlch you re-
rer we6 for opelratingea outonobllewhile lntoxlobted,upon
a plea .ofguilty to the court ulthsut c jury. Artlola YZ,
cell code, reads 68 rdl0-a:
-4.117
perron who drlree or operetesan
mtoBobile or any o?her mtor vehicleupon
my ctrect or ellep, m eny other ;lace wlth-
in thk 1icAts si en7 incorporatedcit7, town.
or rlllege, cr u;sn cny publie rend at IL@-
way la ttis St&to while such pereon 1s lnt8xl-
c&ted, or in en7 deger under the lnrluerce
of intozic~tlugllqx4r,~r:.q:l upon canvlctlonbe '-
oqUlnea in ti.epenltextlaryror not more than
two (2) yeara, or be conflzed in the munty
eil for not less then flra (5) days nor axe
c han hlnety (90 days and fined not less then
Firty Dollars (b50) nor more then Five Hundred
Dollars ($500).*
XonorcbleRonar Gmrrlbon,Jr., June 9, 1939, 1a6a 9
1Jt:clsTTb. 777, and 770,.Codaof Crlmlnall~roca-
dure; jworidb
t!at ahom there lc a o~nr:ctlonof lny felony
.(clthOmr tmfn lxcm~timo) and the PunlshntntaNes6ed by the
Jury 8hall nzt ascamd fire Tears, the court 8hrll suspend
8antancodurln.9rod bahmilorwhara propar lpplioatlonhmo
been mnda and the jnry ilndo t:et the dmfmad~nt ha aot been
thrNtofOm cxrlctrd of a talong anC m 8~cpeadrdaantmnoaIs
mChNU+Lldad. Artic10 780, Oodr or CrlzlnalFrooedura,reads
80 r0ii0wt
“In ln7 omea of luopondmd ea&ncc, at
may theafter the lxpimtlon of tLa the oo-
8oseed ma ounlrimnt by the jury, the dafsndmnt
may make hi6 wrlttm mworn mation for c ?ICW
trlml mad dlom~momlof8uoh oese, stating tharm-
In thrt olcce such fsrrnsrtrial end conrlotlnn
ho hmd nst baea omrlotqd of any felony,which
.mtlm shell be heard by thr o.urt durlng+he
rlrc.ttsrrntif20 lftar 8eae is f:iad. Ir it mp-
pears to tb court, upon rush heerln& that the
dotmndmnt hmo not hom oonrldtad oi mny 2ther
,'fblsny, the court ihmll arar mn r;rder rmolting v
the fmct. and rhtll grant tho defendante naw
trim1 lnd shall then aloAm& aaid oauoo. Altar
ttolettl aside ma6 618z~rsml3r sny juQcJlldnt
of coarlctY on a? hareln prmlded ror the tact
of luo hoxvlctlon 8hmll not be ohan’cm lngulr-
ad Into f::r any purl;osa ixcapt in chtas where the
datondant haE b&an mgrln indloted f+ m raloay end
lnrokesthe bensilt >f this 1mu.w
In th:s0.I. of Gordon TB. Stat., lti 6.n. (id)
1071, it we6 held thmtthe cuopsndad sentence ltotutao arm
erallmblet- ~:necon7lotadunder Art1010 909, E'onalCode,
mlthou& the FUllnOhkt l.nf110taa 10 m rid0 836 imprloon-
mbnt in the oounty jail. Ia no OPN how6rar,ha8 it baen
held thmt the muopwadotl mm;itoncarts&c ona ba applied
in ouch a nay am to AUthOrtN l susp e~o lo n or the jail maa-
tanca onlp;whara the punimhnmntlnflictcd18 a ilna mad
1r:prloon treat13 the oounty j0i.L Articles 776 to 780, Coda
of Crkrlnal~~ocodurm, mra wholly lnmpplioatlato ruoh l
p r o c edur e,Artlola 776 pre~ldro thet tho'oourtohm11 ouo-
pand uateaoo under &en oondltlcn8--not a psrt of l oen-
tsnca. Artlola 780 prorldaot&t mitmr the lsplmtion o: the
period of tha suspended sentence,tb &?reaaantmmy~ka m
motion for a new trlil and dlmmlmoalof the omno, mnd If
it appears to tire court thatthe detendant hn8 nzt been
convlotador a taloay in the ~aawhllo, tha court 8hmll
grent thr dofmndant a naw trlol end shall than dlonlos the
uia OBUOB. The indlctnantis not 8arermblo. A naw trlml
okinnm granted only ln part end 00 caca dl~nlos~~did
part; !:oare olemrly c.fthe oplalanthmt the o.mrt did not
i have suthorltyto susgend tha jell Eantencqalone. Eiowavar,
ware not ywgered t3 sty thst ruoh an error Mkoo the c.>n-
r'rotlon wholly void.
The euthorltlaemro oonflhtin2 mm to ahothor a
jud@aat or ornvl+ion asoasslw a pttnlahmant leas thmn the
otmtutoxy mlnlmu0 lo 7016 or not JJ4anhjority rier apparant-
ly balng that such a jud6nant4s%?t utterly void. 12 R.C.L.
1909; 16 C.J. 1511; 29 C.J. 61. ?n th*b 'Mate lo at laaet
three 0816~ tk &$pt ci Orlmlnat Appeal0hue ravoromd judg-
lceats of contfotl~nwhere ths punishranturnsfired ate fina
only, the punishment outh:rlzedby atatutobeing by both The.
end lmpisommt. Erlcn 'IS.Stmte, ZT 6.1;.(2d) 197; Thrums
vs.&da, 211 8.1. q52;:2~se7 VS. state. 218 S.W. 1042. the
Romrrble f!omerGarrlrsn,.V., .mns 9, li59, iace 5
imt thbt the amrt rbrarsad and rmsndbd ost C~SSL, rsther
thnn dlslEl~sln(:the lg;rs1*, lr at leE&t ,;m lnc.lctltl:.n
3:
the Tim of the c.~rt that such Judpntb VbTE
g b;.~ppt;lbblO, mi6t be flnrl.
l jUd?ILb nt
Is the 0~8b 02 TWIJ- ~a. St&b,
thi d&de& ua? aonvlctbd9 8 rbadvaear.or
ma t fixbd at 61fine of $10.00. Yo tlo a la c aado t3 dimrclBs
the appeal on the 6raund that th Judtgnaxt did n>t c=nt.Gln
a
proririoacoPmsltting tbs defoJant until the fine and coat8
ubrb paid, thb FOlttiJIl taken by the &t&e bo:ng that lt UGE
not 8 final judhpxt. The court arr~r~lrd th. aatlon t3 dla-
a ir s
th e lppaal. X0 qnatefraths opldon 8s ~follorr:
-Lot us exaalnb Judmbata ln nlcdc-.ben5r
leses iowhict beth gecu?!aryfine an3 kpr:rx-
r h tl;tltti l th e pU!liIJh?Mit.
tUp>JEethe VetilCt
. t m 0r cloo,d 20 dbyr i.23
jail md
up&~ that.n,rclatl‘judgmnt 1~ rntend be rolio~r~
*It 18 tharbicm c~nsfderbd,or&wed, aad 0djudged
by the acurt that the rtata st Toma do hare and
rbcwar of x. E. l!d ilab 3r 61.00ana an 03m
oi thl* promautloni and that A.?& (beingprerent in
curt) be owcidttedto the austnd~ of tko rhorlfS,
who rho11forth:xlth cmfim hip! In thb jail of
oountr for 20 ds 8.' Would such Ju&ment be tm
x0 th1nkitwzu1 i l upm ruoh a iordlot,
h p p o m,
tharlrct part of this jubent be. anlttad,-that la,
therm b no judgoentrot the &lOO b:t mo rar thi
*rlco.smzit for 2C days. ::.a116 t 1s be (Ifiacl
)uAgnnt mthxizl?g the lsprlmamoat of defaadant
t3r the ec:df27~:' Cortalalyit rOuld be, and the
&?endant could not obtbin role 48 by habear carpu@
u on the ~rsur.d that the o.wrt had tallad to glvo
tB 4 rtetrju4Qzsllt r0r thb a%lay. And th16 rmla ba
4001~41~~s ln a3 rar aa they 1r0 in ojnflict
with
fhlr oplnfoa,are o~orrulrb.~EWrthsrlyTS. 8tat.8,
14'Tex. ,Q;. 21; Brad02 TEE 6tak.+Id.tTt want ~6.
'faail;~. 824. Tha mot'on to dlumhs the'appeelis
. All judeor prsaentand ooncurrin..~
'11throsspott3 bring l final JuQaieatth oase bb-
fore uo eands in e better bttltudeprobablyt:en lt rxld
hare lfthb cart had #iSWBLbda iin8 only, In thlr oa60 .i_
tltq e9urt pron-imml a 10~81Ju8.pent rixinK the punirhneat;
at a ilre anC 1z;srlrcctmr.t
In Iall. +be part of ths judgment
attem$tlngto rurpsndthe jail rentmnarbclae crroneouev.ould
t9t necee~sr5lyreader tta Srrlo Judmmt told..
In the CCSb pi iii&~ VC. I&&la, 184 6.K..CM;
involvingan llectlm oontert,it booam moesacry to doter-
n;inewhether .zrnot .:nc?;llburFcttiIsa8l qualltiadrotor. Xe
quote frx the oourV8 oplnlonsa rollour:
Ybe oxut rxmd t:.atthe v&or’, wllbur
:ord, WBCcxvictcd o: a ibloixy (theft oi cclttle)
and h:s punlrhmentastrr~d at two year6 in the
penltentLcry; thet he had not been pardoned,mar
h:s clvll rl&tm reM.orrd. Tha trial Jude hec
auusprnd~d thb crd.enoeof tl.lrdo:oadant undrr the
prorl~lonmoi ahopter44, 1?otoor the Thirty-SeOoud
bY&3ltitWe. This act, lrrb0ting this partloular
umtlon, w.8 helb unconrtltutlonal In the OQBO of
ip
nodgrassVI. State (Cr. Appb) 160 6.K. 162, 41
I,.R.n. (H.5.) 1144, snb in a.ccopsnlcncam (Cr. App.1
150 6.b. 1%. The law wee amended and held csnstl-
tutlonal03 aocouu- or @e cltilnotlonof crrteln
i.atU.*, in Eakor1B* 8tMe. 70 TOX. Cr. R. 618, 1SE
HonorableR-r la:b
Garrison,Jr., June 9, 19939, 4
.~
5. K. we. x* xrb Al~poMA~to r0ii0* thb cart
of CrlmlnalAppeala on thin quortlou,mad hsld
that th emattaco o flrp~rlon vm ml&, ma
t&t the toter wm not qusilt18A.w
Thus IlArlAgeTI. Bulla, muprm,the Court of Clrll
Appmlm trmtod tha uawthorlxod lu#i~o a mlolnm bslng ~014 and
&eve oiieot to tha fudgmontthb mm aa lr ao muoh eurponalon heA
boon lttapted.
Fo bra or thr opinionthat thb judwat in pub&ion lb
. Tdidonb bb a&alnrt oollbtbrulrtkok and thbt suoh Omvlatlzz
16 tlnbl, atjbat to being lbt bald. on motion for Obw trial on
lppmal.
In our o&ln:oo?to.O-21, Abtbd Y~I-cl: LB, 1939, addram-
a06 to LOU, mb hbld that ruah a oonrlotlonab the abolo lb not
l flnbl 0110 Where thb jUdput ib b8t bbidb lnd tb ovum ia Ai@-
mlsrod bitbr the bxplrbtlonoi thb l bpbndbd 11111lontonoo. So
now qualffrthbt oplnloa a8 follouar Unlbbr thb prooaedlngaset-
tlrg lrlAb the judmbnt and Aluclrsln&tha lbubo ware bad at tb
Bumties le8 thb OOfITiotiM or during M lxtenrlon of the tam,
thr lmb wild be labfibotubibnd the jud&pnt would ba final.
Tcurlltmrr truly
by (8l&1rA) Clana R. &uU
Asal6tbnt
Thlr opinionbar been conrideredla aonforbnce,appror-
ad, and ordond noordod.
oenldC.mln
M-mmEYGEmL OI7xtiS