734 

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Q- 0. MANN 

A-aEonorabh R. 3. Ritehay, Jr. 

County Attorney 

Ja8per County 

Jasper, Texar 

Dear sir: 

Tour request 

ttib oonsidsrsd by 

quest as follawra 

ty oourt, the 

t to four sontb 

l.ng the Jubge’a laotruo- 

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to losue suoh 

If the pwd~bseot 

judgment shall rpeo’liy 

proper proew.e~~ 

It’ahall elro adjudge tho oortq a&rut tha defendant, and order the oolleotioa thereof eII in other 

oasoa. Art. 797 (CCP) provides: A defrndant who 

ha# rbmalned in jail the length of tim rmqulrsd 

b7 the judgiaent shall bb discharged. 
735 

Honomblr R. D. fiItoh47, Jr., Page 2 

mMw in the 154tant aa88, the deiondant 

had bena in jail rufiioient lewth of t&m to 

disohargr the four months u4aGOnab and thr coot8 

adjudged a&aIMt hIa, this tlmb bavlng born 

served pior to thb e8ntonoa and jud@a4nt by 

the Courti but the aourt*a jtigztsnt a nd l entonor via8 to the oftsat that he war to be #van 

credit tor thr tl!ae alrerdt spent In jell. No 

doubt, the purpoer of thr Ja@o In aaklng the 

SbStbSO4 in this wa7 w&r to 4SY8 thb Oo\tnty 

the oolta of fssdlw the priaonrr any turth8r. 

and hr aot8d on the ground that the tlmr that 

thr dstendant hsd apent In jail was sag18 punIrhnsnt ror the OftbIbS 00!ludtt44.- 

"Xindl7 rander 7dur opinion a8 to orheth4r 

auoh aotlon on the prt of the oourt Is p8mlralble, and If the otrlo8ra arm entitled to 

their half f488 In eueh lastanob." 

Art1018 758, VbrAOa'8 AMotatad Tsxar Co68 of Griminal Prooodurb, reeds as r0ii0w4r 

*If a 581 trial 18 not igantbd, nor judgment 

arrested in felon7 o a a ea , the l ontono8 shall bo 

proamnosd in the preronar of the drfaadaat at 

sly, t;lU4 i&tttiF thb bX iX’&tiOA Of thb tiS4 4lhwbd ror matiny the zot f on for a 54w trial or the 

motion in arrest of j-anti 

drianaant ha8 bssa triad tar an7 vlolntion zi 

thr laws of thr State Of ‘tbXa8, aOd ha8 bob5 

oonriotad en4 has opp4aled from eald juQ48At 

ma/or sentenoe ot oonvlatIo5, and whore said 

dataa has brea arflmsd b7 the Court ot Crla1~1 A9p4414, and artsr rsoelpt of the mandate 

by the Clerk of thb trial Oourt, thr judge IS 

suthorlzed to again 0411 sald defendant bstora 
BoAorablb E. B. Rltahbl, Jr., Page 5 

hlla, and it, pondlag l ppnal, the dQt4lbdSAt 

ham oot a1444 bcrd or~eotsrsd Into tmaognlzaaom bed ham raaainmd in jail pendfng thb 

tlms of such appeal, meld trial judge may then 

in his discretion rm-48nt4no8 the defendant, 

Ond racrp 8UbtIYOt frQin the OrigiMl sbAtbA04 

PrOAOUnCbd UpOA t~hpe dBfbnd4& tb4 iBA@$h Of 

the thr defendant ham lain In jail pending 

4uch argeal; I?rorldsd, hountbr, that the grovls~ona of this sot ah411 not Spp17 aitor 

eonrlotlza and 44nt4504 la folo~y oeaea IA 

;;It;wbond or reim@&%eno4 i8 not petitted 

s .* ([inderucorly ours) 

Opinion Xo. O-82$9 of thin departamt hold4 that 

a eheriti n&y not hold a darendeat for costs IA a sirdozear.or 

oaao whharr the JudC7pant does not pror1d4 for oo4ta: ~4 en01043 tsrerith a 002~ ot ssld 0pI5105 lor 72ur ?afam5tIon. 

Article 1055, Vernoo~m .imotated Tox44 Codo or 

Crlslnal Prooadaro, road4 Se tOlloWSt 

“The gouatp ah1111 not be liable to the 

offiobr and wItrise having oomta In a dad~a~,sanor caao where Qetsrdant p474 him the 

and oo.ate. T&m county shall be 1IabLo for 

am-half of the tmra of ths otflo8ra of the 

Court, rhbn tbo dm~sn~ant tail4 to pay his 

flns aLa lays his fine out In tte oountp jail 

or dlschwgss the mm4 by Jpsmna a? working 

such rlno out 05 ths coontp road4 or on an7 

county projoat. And to pa7 much helf of 

cost*, the CouAt7 Clark shall lssus hla warrant 

03 the County ~tenaurar IA,.~ravor oi ruoh officer to bs pnld out or ths %ad and Bridge fund 

02 other funas not otherwlae appropriated.* 

You arm respectfully advised that it 18 th4 opinion 

of tbls de~ertnani, that hrtlcls 768, Y. A. C, C. P., au?ra, 

authorlzra tbb aountp judge to ~I04 a drfandant oonvloted or 

a mlsdezmanor crcdlt on hi8 osntenoe for thr the, or 4n7 

part thsreof, wbIoh said dstendant hmr apont In jail I5 said 

oauas, fron the time of trrast &ad oonflnement until hIa 

SSAtS5CB by the OOUnty jUdgb. 
Ubnorabls 8. B. Rltohry, f?., ?a'age 4

It 10 oar rueher oplnlon tmai32 th, saotr rtated 

LA your 18ttW that th0 OfrlOM nOtid AOt b8 OAtitbd t0 

half fees frtu t&o coqty under Article 106ll, V. A. C. C. P., 

su;lrs, ithor. the jatl.?tiar was aerred nrlor and not subseM to the tr~rL.aoO.gonriotfon. - -