**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**

**AUSTIN**



### XonornbloRonw hrrl8oa, JT., Mrrotor Toxsr Kmpartmmt or Publio fhrel cap M8brY Aurtin, TOM,

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### quot8 trcm your 

### letter

th0 00nriot a ourrant 

### 0r alent intefl8ity to OaUI@ 

### death,and the apptie8- tion 8od oontinueno. Of 

### 8UOh Ourrent through tha body df ruoh OOnliOt 

### Ufltll suoh OOnViOt i8 4.84.”Iionorablo?lOMr 68rri8On, Jr., p8go 2



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by the Supremo Court o? 

### tho VIiitOd $ht*8 8nd tb6 OOUTt8 in 8WW81 Of th0 

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’8 CI80, 237 17. 9. 180, 35 %p. 

### ct. 507,59 L Ed. 905, the qUO8tiOn hiOr@ 

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### of surdor 

### iu 1910,at 

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### in 1915,th8 SuprOrtr 

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### Pl8. 332, 111 So. 518.
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### prmldlng for 

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### the pea81ty **by** ban&d my bo trertrd 88 rurplura6e and, by OpOr8tIOu 0r 18~. the new method or oarrylng **out** 

### the ponaltpby l

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### In it8 pi800 

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### 8ontoaor in thlt **rorpoot or**  

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or 19w.

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now 

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la uapuallfled rerdlet, 

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### hold t0 b8 **+811d** by 

### Ourt, 8Bd th. %Qwom Wut 

### Ot tho United Strter refured to rotlor tho 0880. 

### Rooutln( **the** prerent 

### trlid **doeth** 

### 8entonooby 

### bragI tho dotendant 18 not in oonformltr with the new 

### law rogulrlnu the infl~ot~oa of the **dorsh** 

### poarltyby oleotrooutlon. A8 th8 n8nnor of ue8utlng the death 

### penalty by l



### leotrooutlon18 more hurrae mad doe8 

### UOt 8ffeOt 8ay rubrt8ntirr or 8Ub8teatl81 ri&ht Or 

### tho dorend8nt.ho OfsMOt OMDtin **or** 

### the rentenoe being **8mended-80** 

### I8 t0 OOniOb 81th **th8 prOvi8bdI8**  of Aot y of 

### 1940."

The 

### Supreme

Oourt 

### o? Louidrnr In 

### Henry v. Reid, 201 La. 858, 

### Mldl

"The 818111

Oarplmlmt OS the rel8trlI 18 

### that for uny **yo8r8** under the 

### prerlou818~ Of thlr State,it 

### h88 been 

### ourtmery to 

### prowldoin tho 

### Judpeot or 

### rentonooof 608th thr unnor 

### or mod8 of l ooutlOm Of tho prl8OnU 

### (1. 0. death by h8muln(o, and th8t **th18 U88**  **8** 88fe **8ad** deiht0 VI8 1116 out the law 

### and 8bOUid 

### hare boon 

### to1 3: Oi 08r’ry

### olod.

%ven li it 

### be oonoededth8t rtfpulrtingIn the Judgment of 

### aentonoethe manner end mode ot 

### the exeoutlonof the death rrntenoewar the bett8r pr8otioe, 

### it 18 obrerredthrt the relatrixha8 not polntrd to 8my **18W** th8t 8hOW8, under tie 

### f8Ot8 8nd oirouutsmoer 

### of thi8 088e, rhe 18 beiq~ **deprived** 

### 02 any legal **right,** 

### or 18 about to be l xeouted in I mnner 

### 8nd by I mean8 oontrrry **to** the 

### 1~ a8 **it** Wi8t8 tOd8y. 

### Her 8ttorney8cnre mare o? the iaot 

### thrt the Judgment 

### 0r rentenoo w88 to be omrlod **out** l 

### ooordin6t0hw, 

### 8t the time her 8ppe81 ~a8 fb811y 

### pa88ed **upon** 

### by thl8 Court rnd 

### did not 

### then r8iro thi8 i88Ue. **Stete** 

### 'I.

Henry',

200 La. 875, 9 So. 2d 215.

### I!onor8blo Hmier 

### Curlron, Jr., 98&e 7



### *Rarlne failed **to** ahou that 

### 8ha W(I8 in ray dtprlved of any

_ _ my prejudloador w118 m8wruiiy right, thr trlrl Judge properly 

### rerwea to gent 8 prolinln8~y 

### lnjunotlonto rertrdn thr 

### rherlrf and hi8 drputlor r-m thr porforarinoe 

### of their dutler in oatryl~ **out the**  **rmtenoo** 0s **the** oourt 

### and the death rnrrrnt of the 

### Oovemor.
Vlth roteronoo to th8 oontentlon that Aot 

### x0. 14 Of i!&o 18 UnOOn8titUtiW8i bO8U80 it 18 80 l

### x pO8t raoto bar, it 18 8UffiOi8nt to My 

### that thl8 Court 9888*4 

### upon thir ldentloal 

### quertlon ln the 0880 OS 

### Sate 1. “larra, 200 La. 606, 9 30. :;,gi and held that 

### the 

### Aob~88 not unoon8tltuThOre8fter,the rooured rpplledto the Suprem; 

### Court 0r 

### ths United St8ter 

### for I nit 0s 

### oertlomrl, nhloh ~88 denied on Ootobor12, 19I.2. 

### 3~. State of Loulrlrru l

### x rel. 

### Huxh Pl8rre t. I?On&ablr SUB Uou8ton JOne8, tiloriior

### Of i6ulilan8, 63 5. 

### Ct.64, 67 

### L. 36."

In view 0s the foregoing tuthorltlo8 lt 

### 18 the opinion or 

### thl8 departmentthat 

### when the defendant 18 rpprehendedand returmd to Taxm8, he may br 

### l lrotrooutad.

VUY trUlY JrOlW8

ATTORNXY bKNXRAL OY TEXAS

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