1‘HE ATI-OISNEY GENERAL
OF TEXAS
GSRAL.DC.MANR AUSVIZU II.TgxAs
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Hon.iwable Joe J. 'Fisher
DistriotAttofney
San Augustine, Texaa
Dear Sirr Opinion No. 0491
Rei Ii~the Justiceof.thePeace of
RswttinCountyentitledtothe stat-
utcry fee mentionedin Article 1052,
@de of CriminalProcedure,where the
oriminalaction is dismissed.onmotion
of the 6tate'sattorney)
Your requestfor a8 opinionon the,abovestatedquestionha8
been reoeived'bythii bfWo$. .
Article1052, Code cf CriminalProcedure,reado as follanse
'"Three'dollars rhallbe paid by the ccunty ta the county judge,or
judge of the court at law, end two dollarsand fifty cents she31be
paid bythe oounfq to the justiceof the peace, for each oriminal
actiontried and finallydispciedof befcre h5xb Presided,however,
that in all countleahavinga populationof 20,000 or less,,the
justiceof the peaoe shallreceive a trial fee of three dollars.
Such judge or jurtioe&all presentte the Coxvairrionsrs' Court
of his countyat a regularterm thereof,a writtenlooouatspeoi-
fylng each criminalaction in which he claims such fee, oertified
by oertaiajydge or justiceto be acrmot and filed withthe
countyclerk. The C!cmmOssioners'-Court &all approvesuch ao-
oount for such amounta8 they find to be correct,and order a
draft to be issuedupon the countytreasuryin favor of suoh
judge or justicefor the maount so approved. Providedthe Com-
missioners’Court shall not pay oqy amount or trial fee in any
case tried and in which an aoquittalis had unlerrthe State of
Texas nes representedia the trial of said cause bythe oountJl
attorneycr his arrlntant,orimiaaldistrictattorneyor his
assistant,and the oertifioatoof said atterneyir attachedto
said aooountoertwig to the faot that raid causewanstried,
md the State of Texas was reprerented,and that In hie judg-
ment therewas suffiolentevidenoein said cause tc demanda
trial of the acme."
In the cadgeof Braokenridge
v. State, 11 S.W. 6SG, the
oourt, in passingupon a similarquesticm,used the followinglanguages
"The oaaemust have been tried md finallydispcsedof
beforehim, he must bth try and finallydisposecf it,
suoh ia the plain languageof the statute. The trial
is an examination before a competenttriMcal, aooord-
ing to the laws ef the land, of the facts put in issue
Hem. Joe J. Fisher,page 2 (O-391)
in a case, for tho purpcseof determiningruoh
iarueo.
*A dilPaisra1
of the case is to send it out of
the oourtwithout a trial upon any issue involv-
od in it. It ir the final dirporitionof that
particularcase, lut it is not a trial of It."
In the oaso; Riohardsonv. State,4 8.11.(2) 79, holdn in
offoctthat when the case was disposedof bgmotien to quash,the County
Judgo~8 ontitlodto a foo odor Article 1062, Cods of CriminalProooduro,
payableby the county, m do not think the o a 8olatabliohoda different
rule as laid down in the ease of Braokonridgev. State, rupra,for there
is a diatinotionin amotionto quash and a motion tc dismiss.
The plain and spooifiolanguageof Artiole 1052, SUPZ-II,is
that the judgo and justiceof the peacemust both try and finallydispom
of the case before him to be entitledto the ~fooprovidedthorsin.
This doprbnont has ropoatodlyhold that a justiceof tho
poaoo is not ontitlodto tho foes providedby Article 1032, supra,when
tho caoo io dismissedupon motion of the &ate's attorney,
You are rospoctfullyadvisedand it is the opinionof this
departmentthat the justiceof tho peaoo is not entitledto 8uch foe as
prwrdod njrArticle1052, Dpdo of CriminalProooduro,supra,whore thore
lo 810.'
trial of the case boforo him but is dismissedupon the motion of
conntyattcrnoyor his assistant,the criminaldistrictlttornoyor his
assistant,or any otherlttornoyrepresenting the otate.
Trustingthat the foregoingansworaycur inquiru,wo remain
Yoursvory truly
ATTCRNEYCEI?W4LOPTEXAS
By /e/ArdollUllliams
Ardolltill&i
AssSatmt