OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

XiomraDla b. 0. Jomr 

couclt J Attormy 

Red B1v.r County 

clu(lur1lle, Tox8r 

Dear Sir; op1luoa no. O-7174 

hc Authority of 0ridR.r to 

brroat a prrda vbea uld 

Ia your lettoo of J 

department, you ask SOF M op 

'In l mo ea t 08W 

P. 0, in the 

Sered a8 &lr 

V88 aot drer 

tisrd that t&o Attommy @s&lo. De~tmot 

ourta &vm repoetodly hbld, thnt a rtatutr 

800 ort1oerr to veo outaa type tlnlrorm, 

0rf1018i bdg0a ~h:b efi~atiag 0rmdera 

for hig$ivay vfo8Lionm LB llr ooatrave~tlo~ of our State Coostitutioa 960. l9 Art. I; aad Sea. 1 Art. II. &o la v8 Ststo, 

38 s. U. (2) 5S'Zi &I parta Belllag, 85 5. U. (2) f& Scott 1. 

State, 114 3. U. (2) 564. 
da 3-1454, mm8 d3fbP 0s th6 pbrvi sob, ~88 mu UDI 

in ffmmr 0 lal PI or this depwtlseat, 306. O-317 

~3wit~ti0m f0~ ttr, 6dditm81 -80~ that 8wh 0rricm 

could suapmd t& elsforaeoat ot thr hlgbray violatloas by 

tm VO~~WY htarrg off Or hi8 Otw0m iri a0uti0a QC 

Jut. 1, a4 28, 0r tb a0amttioo, to-at t 

90 power or SuapMdlag &us ia thtr state 

.& ak ll a xerobl ed x wp t by the ~tgialature. î 

%4 ~I&W.l l&W 00 this 6ubj60;, 86 WO h.Wa i+d 

~ccador~ to point out ta auc fo+r epirua~, la Art. 393, 

.- .I. G. a., to-uit I 

“any gvaace officer is authorbed to armti’ 

without warnnt aQy prwa round aomlttitkg 4 

v:d.6t10a or 4ay prwl8ioa or the prwedia(l artlol.68 of this maptar . . .’ 

Ua h6ve bald 118 this oemwotioa that, ia our epJpiaion, 

the C&W Of ti P&l't* ii61u , 

"a 

82 S. W. C2) 644, go66.fartber 

t2l.Q nlere1.f holdlag, A&* XJ to be uaooaatltutiolrl bwauM 

:c Y46 6 spaoral: law. 318 can holdlds that Art. 8038, a8 bacioted bf the iWth Called Stvasloa oi tk 41s~ Lu~laratuw, 

vas not nzaterlally Qtii6r6nt f~66 i)oF, a6 usmded b7 t&m 

3woad Called 3~6610~ ,af ttm 4ht in@.irl.turej aad ayplylag 

tm rub or 004mtruotio.tu~ aiumuoo~ 141 the %ggina aaw, 

th4 r4qumxmmt of 4 u4zfor8 vas u4uefxstitutloa4l. 

Saott V. state, 114, 3. U. (2) f56& -06 With the 

"aeiuOg C&SO' 10 hOlbiq that tb 5t8tUte wquirzw arrlO6rS 

to war wrtdin wroms, wps 0tb3 orflcial b6dg68 ~86 lo eoatravmtlon of th4 3t4te Coa8tltati4a. 

30th 0f tl;eM, MS38 H4iJ 0~ the dt?CiIIiOD 9f tha COW 

6ad the apuaion of Judw L8ttimr0, of the Court af Crialaal 

AgPeala, i;r *al6 0435 of L.kCt&@lI6 v* state, 38 3. ‘d. (2) 592, 

to vhich you r0O0r 6nd Vlth ~hlah you are 6tItirelf fa~&lla~. 

*ibviourl;r, if Art, %3b 1s valid, the ontloa 16 ulth 

a6 dric43r to ~04~ a uaii'om and enro~b tbt3 state18 highway 

mm, or lmwe aff bin uiz~taru and thus rellev6 hFnrs4l.f of the 

::uty at otiforomg that law, wSl6h, 10 5rrcot 3ut;aaaa tbs law. 
‘732 

Iioaorable B. C. Jones - ?SR6 2 

xs stated, that la in violation or tit. 1, 300. 28, or the 

Constltutlon of Texas. 

Art. 8osb 18 tm bItf3Dt efrOrt Or th6 &giS&tu?e 

to reqtir6 th6 OrriO6r6 0r this Stat6 to Y64F a baclga ot a 

ccrtaln place on hla body, to vaar a a&p, coat or blouse and 

trousers of uawd oolora before he can make en arrest for a 

violation of the hi v&y lava at this State, though ha Is 

authorictd b7 Art. If? 03 to w such Ou BFF6at. In our opin- 

‘on, the Lsglsl4tuFe he6 attelnptad to do Uh4t Jud@ I.&timor6 

13 the Scoggiaa CIISO said it could not do. If6 think, th6r6- 

rze, that the rsqulremant of a uulfomn la Art. aO3b vlalatea 

the Stats Conatltutlon for the reasons giirrn in the opinloaa of 

Judges Morrow and ?at timore. 

36nc8, VC) aollcur, U~Ueiirl6di~, In the atat6'8 contention, as urged by you In the Juatlos Court oaae, that ‘regardless of the Elannor in which th6 arresting 0rrmr Y48 dressed, 

it vaa no defanaa.” 

Yours very trulf 

QOFTBXAB 

JLW :zd 

John L. Wroe 

Aaaiat8nt