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Hmorable P. If. MIntor County Attorney Jim Eogg county Hsbbrawllle, Texae
Desr Slrr oplnlatx0. o-3732 Ret mere a d8rwt is cc&lvlateJd an a wmtplciat in a juatiae a0uH Md 18 8ervlng hi8 tine and wart8 ln jU1, may he be tried m inseaityohqps iswed by the jwttloscourtwhen hobeoaea insane?

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umver~tloatodayvhsre defendtmt oonvletedan oaetplalnt in uatioe aourtls 8emingfirre andooetln j ail mad beOorSe8ineMcbaS~hObQtcied~in~t7188lWd by &xetloeCourtmder title Twelve, 0. C. P." Artlole 921, Title 3.2, of Vt?rnara8

AnnotatedOode Of Cri8tinti

ProcedureprOYlde8a8 fO110Wlt *fPstutytlnta 

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### provided, it be nrde kuoun to the budge of the Court in vhichthelndiotmenthaebeen~tumed that the defendauthsa beoome lIZL88rl0, SinOh emvlatlon,a jury stallbe empeaeledre in ordltt&Fy Cri?lLitWl

aa t0 ,tw the Qli88timOf insmlty."
An lndlotnrentmu8tbepPO8G<edW returnedbythe gcand jury to the di8tl'lCt court and not to the aounty oourt or en 

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tribunal. Article 393, V. A. C. C. P.; 23 Tex. Jur.p. $594.mmlmble P.W.xlnter, Page 2

The **jUPi8difltioa, pWer**  **rpd 4LutkuSlty**  Of $l8tiO%8 **df** the **peOOe ace**  8uah **88 UT8**  flsed **by the**  **&Xl8titUticar** and 8Wtut98. Artlole 5, Seation 19, of the Tex8a OaPlstltutlm provide8ln part ae follawst

***&StiOe8 Oi**  **the me**  **Sh8,ll bVe**  jUr18,biCt.iaD in CPlabti Prtttn'a Of Id1 We8 where the penaltyor fine **to be**  imposedby lav may not be more than for tvohundreddolliwr,

. , . . A 8lmllarprovi8lat18 fowd in **hrtlole** 60 of Venrm's &lIOt~tedCOde Of~l'~l~oOedUI'e. b 8trteddtthe OpiniaSr in the 018e of ffinnOOhl0 Y8. S-to, 18&w. 82, theword umtl irrthe C~8tltUtlw wh%eh acmvey j~lsdlatl~ uptm the justiceaOf the p-8 *are 01Qr, 8tl'Ulg and mtlz'elyutmntblguoua."
It 8ppelW8 **t0 be**  **Vbll 8Otthd**  **in** f#blw **IS808 ia**  Texa8 that, UnderA&lOle gal, th0 M8tzlet OaUrt in vhlch a defcmduitwrs mnwlotedhm l urlwlvo jrtria,diotlaatotrythe 108ub Of iIt8tit.y

8ft.P O~*lOtlQl. Ibc pelFtO mwdn, 299 8. W. 4331 IDt

parto Davenport,7 8. If. (ad) 5891 JC8oue

VI. State, 227 S. W. 483; Bland Y8. **Pltate,** 132 5. W. (2d) 274.

We h8ve baa unable to f&&dmy 9~x88 c%uevhlch eitherhold6 0 dl8ou~8esthe l ffeot of Artlale 921 in l aas0 where thedef~~tbewm88 ltmanetafterroawlotimln the jwtlo* oourt
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we8reortheopmPLthatlnlxliagthev~”j~ Of the OOI&Linvhi& the iJldlOtlWBIt~8 bemNtIlF¶ed," ti ktlole g!211

the Ugislatwe 2ntmded to llmlt the rppllaatlm Of 8Ud &tiOlO t0 O~YiOtlUt8 ti the di8trlOtOOUPt. ~OrhsX'e **in OithOP**  **OUP om8titutLm**  **Q 8trtUte8**  18 th.m Myl

**UthOFity** or jurlsdlatlaa acmferred ian8 ju8tlOe oourt to deter&n* the 1881~ of Mnity vel ncm or to uandwt luwy proaeeding8. If the **bEagl8lhtUIW had**  intended **tb Oaif8r**  8uch %mbmI'tMlt new powam upal jumt1ae**OOUl ’** **tS** under the proYiual8 or AHale 921, it 1s onlyrersambla, **to** resumthatsuoh lntontlmwwldhave been expre88edia alear and unmWgtmu8 terns.

&?tlolO 34 Of %WIMlr8 &ttXOtXt@Bd PtQtWl OOde PZ'OtideS, among other things,thattHonorable P. W. Minter,Page 3

"Ho perSOIiVhobecamCr8 lnauleafterhe 1s found guilty eball be puulshed vhile ia such condltlon."

Aa ve uuder6tand the faetr submitted to u8 In your telephone oanversatlan and conflrmtd by your telegFrphic reqU68t for OUF OpiplaO, the d8feXIdaUt 18 PCU 8erving **OUt** in. jui hia fin* Md 008tl a88e88ed OIthi8 WWiOtioPrin jU8tiOIt court. You ftwther state that you are lnfortml attreliable authority that the defendurt la nov insane. It **fO11OV8, th%FO**  fore, that he **18** elltltled t0 hi8 8tatUtOl'yPl@ltB rbleh 8&itle him to lnmmlty Rrom f+urtherpunirhmmt while he 18 h 8UOh (~1Imrortmate oonditlm.

Wills Ye are 0s the opialon that Art1010 921 le not applicable, for the **rw8otut** 

### hereltmbove mmntlaaed, v8 feel that the **168lM** or hlo in8aIkityvel neiiImy be detemlned under th8 prOYl8loPrS Of Title %! of vOIWXk'8 dnnotated OlYli **at&tUt~8** relatingtothe r*gulu jitdlalalpme~in ~68 oflvmaoy.

asittedbyJoU,hs8 ?HQ OCUpiotedad the jUd@WXtoi OQQYlOtim ha8 booam 

### rbu, Ye emi 0s the oplpian that he i8 no 

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### a ttrlmlnttl off8fme' tlthln the a8a&lng of that tow as Used in &tiole 5561a. He 1s aen8equently subjeot to the l~azaoyprooeedinfl 88 provided in Title 9.

YOU are rO8~otirilly 

### dvi8.d that it **18 th6**  **OphliC4l** of t,hlsdepartment, mder the hot8 8trted, that th8 188Ue 

### Of insanity zanynot be tpled by the jU8tlce oourt ln whlah the der84ant va8 eanvloted and that lrald5881~ may only 88 determined by the oouaty judge In the mtmer propided for in Title g2 0s Vel'Ikm'8¬ated Olvl.lStatutes. Verytrtiyyoum

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