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> OFFICE OF THE All-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

, AUSTIN 

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:!onoret4o A* z. Sutton 

county Auditor 

Xndersooa County 

Talwtlna, ‘28x1~8 

IL thr 5ucEtiaa of 

oaurt nloag with 

1 raa ror SUOh oonin the aounty court 

ia 08803 and a reartian oonoaralBg ’ 

the Stunty at tonlay. 

oouutp court, 8hOUid the trial rbs 

the paaCe an5 the county court 

&eeePsed 08 cost* a~ulnst ttlo a+ . 

*%b o ~ l oasi is appealed Srw.4 Juetlce oourt 

to oounty oourt and thb derendaat la oonvioted or 

plead8 guilty in county uourt, should tbb county 

attofaby's fee asseaeed in justice oourt and tbo 

county attorneyto fee asaceced in oounty court 

both be asacered es ooste qainat the dofondant?* 
3ono~tblc A. J. S&toil, ?ago 2. 

Artiole 1074, Vtrnoa~~ hmoteted Code of Crlzloal 

Froctlure , provides : 

'In osoh ease of conviot~on in a ooiurty court, 

or a ccuntg ocwt at law, what&r by a Jury or by 

0 oourt, Wore a%all b8 taxed l golnst the defendnat 

or ?.gait.tt all defondsnta, when ssver2.1 am held 

Joi?itly, e trlA fee of PIvs %3llart, the ~::;a to 

be collsc:td nnd ~r1.i over 10 the EBSSC 3anncr a8 

in tZe o*se of a Jury fee, and in the Ja-tiao Court 

the trial iee.ehall be tho sun of Four Dollara. 

(Au araendad Acts 1929 41st Log., 

g 1; hCt.8 1329, 41st tss., lrt c. 

496 ch. 236 

!i: p. f56, ch. 36 8 1.)" 

The tr%r;l Seea l b o te prD%ided to bo srsease.l sgalnot 

the Defendant are to be oolleoted aad paid otar la the aac~ z&n- 

.nbr de la case or 8 Jury fee. Jury fear sre taxed acd oollsoted 

as aosts in ruoh oaae8. ~Tlic.ooaditiun u;on whlo3 suet' ?.rlel 

Pees em6 ossessad, however, 1s rolely u~@n o&vict:~n, chethtr 

b3 a JUr3 or b3 3 court or Justior 0r the psaco. 

i'ihethtr upon a plea ot guilty or la oontested oasm, 

s;ich trlal.fee Is aseemed in l eoh aast rhera fho defendant ie 

coorioted. 

In anaworing poor rirnt question, therarnm:, it $8 

the OjSiBiOU,Of this deps~tsr,!lt t,tXt tier4 s deterdnat iS OOUvista4 in the juatiPe oourt and on ap or1 to thb ONII:~ oourt 

he ie 'ltjally ooavlctol de aovo, I) tr ! 6~1 :oe of Fire 3ollaru 

in a~ldltioa tii th6 Tour 3oller Trial iae atsoessd :n the 

Justioo oourt, as ~rovlla.3 ln ,:rtlple 1074, Vemon*r, Amotated 

Coclb ot Crifizzal Frooedure, ie assessed regardleae of rhcthsr 

R glee of guilty la atired or tpo aaat aontmted. 

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brtiole 1061, Vernoa'a Anaotated Code of Crl~lng 

Proobdurt, protl~e~t 

Vistriot and county attorneys shall be allowed 

the lollovlng foaa la oassa trial in the dletrlot or 

oowty oourts or a oounty wurt et Am, to be taxed 

-,galnst the aereada:t: 

*For orery oonrlotlon under the lewe'a~elarh 

danin% wtan r,o.appeal la taken, or rhan, oa appeal, 
iionorabls A. 2. Sutton, Pas4 3. 

*For bru-7 other conrlctlon in OQRG~ or dnlrdemsnor, wherr ao apgrl 1s ,takea, or ahcn oa 

e2poal the jusgsmt la wire, ten fl~llars. 

(!aotr lS76, 2. 28t).’ 

~ror$aar: 

Lrtlcle 1067, Vernon*a code of rrlA~~11 fm~tlure, 

*ilhere reraral defeadmte fire trfod together, 

but mb rbe *hali te s:loaed snd tsxcd In the et?80 

r0r the dlstriot or count7 attorrroy. 32ere tke ,!ehadants sever and are trlbd se3erGtely, a rat chall 

oe allcved and texed ror l ech triul.” 

hrtlcle.1068 of esfd Caleb, ~rcrldea: 

-Ii tke ibren33at aleek+ yllty to a obar;e 

behro a justlo.,, the hb ellowed t&e attcrmy 

rcpreseotlng the State shall bs five dollars. The 

6ttOrn6r *ho r6pr6:6ntS thb stat6 i?r 6 Ulbhll 

action In a justlceSs aourt 85311 receive, r0r 

each ooavlctiot on a plea ::r not t;silty, ,rhere nd 

appeal 1s takea, tez dollars.m 

Uticle 1.069 of said Code,provl.lee: 

wSh6rr sever&l detcnler.tf? ere ;ro~~bouted .‘olntlp, 

,.nd 30 n3t~zerar oa trial, t;lD on0 attorneg’r roe8 

.:I&11 CO allowad.w 

Article 1070 or eels ‘CoAe, poridest 

-Ho ree shall be ‘~lloweb a* ilstrlot or ccmty 

cttonby tn any oI@b attro Co ,ia not pre5Ont and 

rspreoenting tbb :State, upxI the trfal tk6rbof, Un16~13 he .hcs talcan some ectloo thtreln for thd Sate, 

or 1s present en3 rac(;ljr t* represent the St-ah at 

eaob reyulrrr t..ra of the oourt la whl-h rueb orlslnat 

sotloo is pendifig; prori3ed, that when plear or guilty 

8irc 8008;rtea la an7 jwtice oourt, at any ‘ot.“.cr tlma 

the3 tne regG,.r tars theroot, th6 aJuntjf attorney 

shall receive the sua or rive .30113rs. In no ca6e 

ahall ths oounty attorney, !n oonal~!rratlon or 8 plea 
Honorable Ai.& Sutton wee 4 

or 

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and 1068 

guilty reaft say pbrt or hfa lerrul roe.* 

keenin olbef rr03 the, 16ague@ used in xrtlole 1061 

supra, nhsn reart together, that the oounty attornby'a 

rbe. la basesi, 12 suoh .~lsb~eanor oa.oea, upon the ooar~otion 

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being final. 

State, 63 s. 

The owrt oi orl?lbal appeals3 held in Yuizar ve. 

2~. 329 that were the county attorney has a 310.00 

Pea taxed in the Oouutg oourt aml also a.Gl0.00 fee taxed ir; 

the justice oourt, he is entitled to but one ree. 

r70 aigbt oall you3 attentlon to Art1818 lOl& Vernoa'8 

Cod0 of Crl.zinal 2roo6dure whloh made: 

Tihen a aririaal eotfm or aroceedlng,ls takan 

by appeal fbZ,Ol6 oourt to another, or nllenever the 

sane la in any other rhy trausf6rrbd fro.3 ono oourt 

to anothtr, lt shall be scoo;ipanlbb rap c complete 

bill or all uoeta that hart auorued therein, oertlrled to end algne3 by tbe propsr~ oiiloer of the 

oo!i.rt fro3 ahloh the~sdoa le Porusrrled;" 

Mm&lng.y~ur seomd questlm, thereroro, it 1s our 

opinion thst where a oe6e is appealed to th,b oounty COW$, 

froze the justice oourt, the oountjr attorney would, la a 

popar oese, be w&,ltlod to aaly tht $10.00 fee protlded ia 

Article 1061, Varnon*s innotetcd Codr 0: Crlnlnal iTooedure, 

whioh my be essessud 6ni taxed aa coets ngainat the d6rbIhBt. 

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