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Xonorable ‘Geor&eH. Sheppard Comptroller OS Sublia 

### Aooounts Austin, ltixas . ‘ . Dear Sir: . Oplnlon Ilo.

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of Insanity ‘is udged lnsana. of insanity have
uclblo cascsO e.r-oowtiea on a foe i.Siccase is IKW pre8ccnted~ to th&o “I’~

‘~ as .follows: k defendant 3.0indioted.

. Upon trial.of the onso, a ~100 of is iiwoka,d

Andydefendant was adjudged 5~4 thrg63 os'mraor 

### genQin(;~a&.n~t the ik.ne. defeudmt was oubuequently diemissed, can this dopertme?ct ‘kzeuovrnrrahtin.

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. pamenL t6 the~county’ofSlcials olaioing Sees under this~oaae,both **for** exminir~ trial and Diatriot Court,Seeo? Xould it make any differenoe whether the felony oharEa vias~orie of nurder or any other felony ouoh as rape? Or w0ul.p; ‘itnake any difforencowhethar the oone 80s dlsAaeed or lert Dendiug? ‘Gouldthe question -. ‘. OS 1Mtation run a&ainst the See accounts Ln the iaurdercase?

. . WI oonneotion’with the last quastion, I refbr you to.Artloles 1020, 1027, 1034 and 1035, %. c. P.,* 

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.*.- ;: . ,T&is deepertie& reoelv~d in answer to our re$ueot S&additlorial 

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the SollovAh~ lettor fro31 Jud,se Drian zontague, 0313JudlcinlDistrict,.Del Uo, T&as:

*Thiswill ack!&.rrledge the letter addressad to me, _.undei’

date OS Jahuary:30; 1346, relative to a ragusst for-an ‘Opinionconcoldng the pnymefit of fees in Case. $1350 etyled The State of Texas ‘verausTerry Handle, $9af;y.p0$dLag in the District Court OS K&!&lo Oo~ty,

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## ma0tolph,Jud& of theill2tts District’ OS Tex88, having;

advised us of his dLgmliSlcation in the .trLslof ‘theabove cause, ,Iwoe.thereupm deeiguated by the Judga of the sixth AMniatratlve Distriot to praalde in the .trial ‘of the.

above oausa, and did dc so. 0ti ihdic*ent was returned.& this oausc dur& the .mnth OS October; 1945, charging,the defendant, Terry Daahdle, with the oSSense of .murderwith .mllca. On Jtiusry 3,.1946 I called this oase Sor trial,havin& . previouslygone to Junotlon for the purpose of dravfitig a specialverlre 

### for said triaf,~and, when called, the dafendant, through hfs attorney, filed ah affidavit . elleging the limanity of-the defandcnt, Terry Handle, ut .thetlme.oSthe alleged oomgl.sslon of the offense and ~YW* , that is, on 

### +mwwr 3* 1966. \ LIn confor&ty with the provisibns jS law a jury was thcreu>on izgmeled for the trial OS th* laaucs nede by fiaid

arfi.aevlt,

and upon the conclusion of the int-rodnotio0

OS ,thet0stizony the i?hor~e of tie Court was oubzlttcd to the jury, which oohsisted of special ‘issuea, the first of vJhi0hreqtiisatctd &lr ans%r as

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. . . -_ -to whetbsr or not the derenaant was sazieor insane cm



### the date of the alleged oocmisslon of the orream, to-wit, SeDteaber 11. l.Fk5:and the secokd isaue was .



## _._ _ whethei.or-not thedefendant was sate or iusauc~ et 

### this tick3(Jenuary3, 1944). To eaoh issue t&e answer of the jury wee that the defendant was insane. There

## UpOn th0 jUd@Ient 

## Orthe COUXt, Which WJS enter&, ~38. one rinQfng the deffA1daAtinsane at the tI$le Of the all.cgeU

oo~ssion'of,tf~~.offuroe and et the dite 

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. Vhe qase was by no mane disatissodand. by the sare token, it certsiri was not left pendin& but has been fln6lJ.y

6dJudiorted 

### for, undidsr the decisiom of this state; the defemmt oculd aever be tried 

### ra! tiis arlninal offense charged **by** the lndlctzeent. Under the statute alluded to, the only possible p,rocaed& whi.i'dh hereafter can be-had in this cam would be uother%rial, 66su%il;g

the proger predlcato 'islaid at that tLze, to deter&no the tmity of the defeadnnt ot such~tize.6 _ i, . . Chai;ter

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## or Title 15, 

### Vornori?o hnnotated 

## co&0rlorinin& .’ lmcedure,~ (hrticle8 1018 throu& 1036) prmidas ror oosta wkioh WI paid by the State. Art; 1027;.Vi A. 

### 0, c. F., provides:

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. . *In all uases where a'defendaht is tidictod. roe, a realmy btit

uddaz the lndiofment he EXW be .coG Viated bf a 8tiuCcncl~nor ok'felony, ahd the'purishxmnt which may be asf3es6edis a 

## rine, jail sentence or both such. fine and inp?iaoxgeat in Jail, the Stat0 shall-

pay ho reoa 

### or my officer, ek- . . ceptwhere'the defcmdcnt is ~indiotedfor &iu?dor, until t,hecaee has been finelly disposed.of In tha trla?.

court;S1 (emphasis oars) So&ion 

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## 0r Art. 932a, Y. A. 

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### providesr %hen thq defendant so cozmlttod to a hospital-;, -forthe iti6anO

bocoms sane, 'the supcrlctende,nt 

## 0r tha~hospital:shaall clve written hoticc **of** tb.atfaitt: to thi Judca of the Court~from which the o%kr of coasiituent

issued. Upon receipt of such notice, the

## Judge shall re@re the sheriff to britls the dcfendantfros~ the hospital and place him in the

. Proper custody until the heazih~.rzay be had before a jury in such Court to~~d.ct,emine defendar;ttu . sanity, cud if he bo roundsDane, & s%+ll .Se $isehcr~od, unles~s he Bed boon p~~vioasl~ found;- .-

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. . tb'be' sane at the tine at which he is alleged to hara 

## oomdttea the ~offensecharzea, in whiC& event, unless'previouslyaocuitted, ha nhall be tried for the orfense oharzed." (enphaois ours) 

### We held in i)pinion lie,o-3691: ** * 

## *krtbZthe indictuent has been returned, and where inoanity is interpose1 as a defense, the dafendant or accusedposybe tried on,that **issue** alone in theDistrict Court before 

### themain ohar&e: If the jury rinds the befondant insane, or to have been iasimeat the tirimthe aot'is alie@.3dto have be6n ~' “'' oo&uitted,they shall so state in their verdict, or if the jury rinds that thedefcndant \rasinsane at the t&e the aot Is alleged to have boen ootitted but sane at tho trial, he shall be ifmediatelydiskhbr&aa. 

## sf %he 

## jury rind5 that the 

## aerenamt~~naa. _ in0an0 at the ti&3 the act is alleSed,tO have, **been** eonuittedand insane. at the ticm of the trial, or -ssne~ at the tine the-act is.alleged to hsvo been oomuittedand insane at the tin!eof &he trial,,ths '_. oourt shall thereupon tike and have entered on the ninutes

## 0r the court,sn order ootitting the defen- : dant tothe'ouatody of the sheriff, to be kept subjest to tha .furtheror&er 

## 0r the county jtiase 

## -Or 'the County,end the proceedings shall forthwith be.certi-. 

## ma to'the county

## juaaewho shall at onoc tako'the -neoessary

step~s to have the aerenaant oozivaitted to' . . and oonfinedin the State XosDital for the insane untilhe beoonas'.sane. On the other hand, nhsn the aer6ESeon the'trial of the w3in charge is the insanityof the ,defendantthe jury shall bo instructed, : if theyatquit h?inon that ground, to stat.0 thut fact" with theirverdict, and if ,theyfurthar rind the defendant to have been insane at the tize the act is alleged to havebeen conuitted, but 8ane at the time of the . trial,he shall be ixmdiately discharged, 

### Hovsevur, If the Jury finds that the~defend&it iGs insane .at the tine the act is alle&ed to have been corYJitted and insane at the.tiize

of trial, or **5~3115** at the ti-?e the aat is allcOedto have been co@.tted and insane at the tke of the trial, the court shall thereupon nake and have enteredon the ninutcs of the coilrt on order oo&ittlnd the acranaantto the custody Of the sheriff, to bo kept ._ . . - _z

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subjectto further order of t!la cwmty jtid(;o of the cou!lty, end the. procoe~dinga shnll fo?thvlth be ccrtificd to tim **oounty** JuQe who shall~ st once tekc the neoceaary Steps to hdic the **dCf&IEnt 00&r**  ---ittod to nrid canfined in a Stete iioq&tal for t.ho inaanc until he bccor:cs sane. (2% 932a, v. k, C. c. P.)"

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### Sheppard, **pago 5**  Thereforeiuhero.thi.def&dant ii~charGad with a felony cad, upm trial, the plea of insanity is.invoked and the defend-t 18 adjudged ilrsa~&e, it is our opinion that the *easehas been ii.ua~ disposed of in the trial courtfil rithti the neanirig

## or tit. 1027, qpa. On the baoi.sof 

### thefacts relative to the clain aubnlttetl, there9188.8

final adjudioation of the %nStant case. l'heraforo, it la gur opinion that you 9-e authorized to issu8 warrant8 in pepymt of See? in the present olalm. _ Art4 lo@, 

### V.A. c. $..F., prOVide8; 'The ~OiiQt~o~er upon .thereceipt of such OlaFfl, and said certified copy of the niriutesof ml4 Court, ,I,~ shall Closely and carefully emuine the mm, and if. he deems the aam to be ,corruct,he ahall drav his warroot 

### on the Stata Tressurer for the amount fouiid by hln-to be due, end.in favor of the officer entitled ' to the 88zae. ff the appropriation for paying suoh accounts is exhausted, the Ccmptroller shall file tho ,. sgtm'aWay,.iPfound to'be correot,.and issue a csrtifioate in $..he.nane

0l:tbc officer entitled to the 881~3,~ '1 atatine

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thesaount 

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### an& the charaoter of the services perforsd. Al.1suoh cl&is 

### or eooountsnot sexitto 

### or ~lacod on rile in ti3.g office of the Ooa~trolltsr within tvmlve '(12)months Iro2at% date the saze becomes due and paysble 8hoU be forolar barred.w (efap-SiS .OUTE

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opikon that said statute a&lies to Pe& &'a ~nurder

aase a8 well es other foldnios. Xe trust that&e have satisfactorily-answcrad your inqdry. .. :.

. . ._ Your8 very truly;'~ .-.
**BY.** ***.** By' I 

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it.C. DDVIS, Jr.

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