OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN

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but 8~21 be ntupettaea until tha aeOi8f0n of the Court*of $$dnal Appeals has bean n00ma. . we shall file 00nxiaar whether or not the oourt may legally aentenoe &nnle Smith In vaootlon. The annwer ln no. XIIthe oaae of Jim Dodd ~a. The state,77 Dr. B. MS. 179 8. w. 564, 8pperl was had rrom a oonvlotlon of bur-

“The was trrea - term a? oourt at rhloh appellant adjauraad without a a~nt~noe. fn - _ . _-

C ~vaoat10n ona lli ohmmere tho wage l ntaraa the aalt~no~. This under our statute la the final Judgaont, and an appeal to this oourt oan not 110 until aontttnoo has men pronouuooa. sattea00 murt b8 pronounoea aumg the torm 0s the aourt. The court oan not aontutoo a ao- ~feadant la vacation. whon aourt aajourma his authorfty ovar tho **oaae** oloaa4, whan notiea of appeal **hnd** been given to this ,oourt, exempt in oasoa apaolally prerldea by statute. This pronounolng of sentmoo in not aothorimed in taoatlon, nor la it authorhod at any tlmo exoopt during a texm of the oowh. The **Aaaiat** antAttonrev @moral mavos to alnmlma the apP eta1for’ this roa~on 8na it murt be 8tm8in~a.* D8~i48on, J.) Slnoe the dare&ant oaanot ba SentenOea in vooation, the question, le you rtata It, now orixoa as to whether tb oourt mgt patpom that ootlon until the next ngular tona, whioh la aer6sol mOnthahonoo, or moJ the judge ooll a apoolol taPal ior that purpose.

Art1910 19S0, Retimed Clvll Stotutoa, 1989: *Whenover 0 alstrlot Judge deetim it odrlaabia to hold a apeolal tmm of the ai8tri0t oourtin any oounty In hi. dlatrlot, 8uah apealal toxm mar **bo** held; ona auoh Juaga may oonvono ~u$hqte$m at any t&a0 whioh maybe fixed by hlm..

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The oot or fixing and holding a apeolal term or oourt la within the dlatrlot judge’
. sound diaoretlon. Parry vs.Honorable JooJ. Insher,Poe.3

wolaton, (O.&A.) 96 s. w. teal 854.

At auoh .aterm tho judge maypronoun00 aontenoe. In the oaae o? I!!%

partsYoung,49 Or. R. S36,r OS& W. 100, appllO8nt was OhmgOdand ~nrlotod of mqlor and his punlabont araoeaoaat death. It woe ap&molsd to tho Courtof Crlmlnal Appeals whore the jud@tont was afflrm+l, and a motlon’for rohearing worruled. Tho mandato 108 188uOdafter the rogulor term **of** tho dlatrlot oourt had expired. The judge oallod.8 

### l pooiol tam of .tha oourt for the aolo~purpose of aentonolng 

### l pplioant unqer the statutory authority of the Auto **of** the g9th Leglalature, Chapter 83, Pago 116, the gist of whloh Is now found In ArtIole 19gO. aupra. The defendant applied for a writ of the writ. hdoaa oorpua. eTho-Court of Crlalual Ap&ala denied

flndlng that *It woe oloarly within the powor OS *to 6aU. the apoolal aoa~lon of the Dlatrlot Court tha apeolflo purpose of aontemolng 8pp1100nt.~ YUPthOr,.in the oau8o of EXpOrti Soya, SO**Cr.** 8. SO9j 96 8. **II.** 1080, we find a praotloollyIa*ntloal faot a1tuatlo~. There, Eenaoraon, J-, apo~kingfor the Court of Or-1 Appeals aalar bThIa statute was oOn6itruod by this oourt **in 151** **park Young,**  15 Tour Ot. tip,, 88gi and ItwZa thare.hel6.that aala statute **authorixed** thajuage of tha airtriotoourtot say oounty in this Btate,to 00rmono 0 apooIal term of hla oourt at any timewhfoh mcly‘bofired by him. Wethink the propoaitlon there onnouuoeQ, la oonxtrulngaala statute,la 0 aufflolent anawar to this appllootlon. Wewould observe, howwor, that the Uonstltutloa (ortlole~S,aeotlon 7) &Ivesplenary powerto the Legislature to anthsrlse the holding of spool81 torius of the alatrlot oourta~ we~quoto thororrom, 08 follower ~‘ThoLoglalaturo #hall hare power, by general or 8paolal lows, to authorleo tho holaing of apaolal terms of-the oourt, or the horalng 

### 0rlloro than two torawin any ootmty **for** the aiapatoh or ~ua5.nesa.* Of oourao, the Iaglalature oould authorlao the judgo to fix the aato 611those torme. “Did the Aot of the Twonty-Ninth Loglaloturo npool that port of tho old law (Ro-xi-:x& vised Statutes, ortloloa 11X5-4) whioh roqulrod

.Honorable Joe J. Fisher, **Pago** 4

**saLd** order to be **mado** at a pnooding tora **of** tho dlatrlot oourt? It would seem that one of the purpoaaa of the now atotuteawas to obvlato thla,;an$ to authoriw the’ judgo 

### Inrooatlon to order a 6poolol term 

### of hula oourt; Saotlone 1 and I!of the now sot in offoot re-onaotod sol& above nmntlonod moo**tlone** of .tho old aot,leaving oft any referlnoe to a “”entry of the brdor **durlag** a rogular torm.%torootor, the longuogo of thmnorj atatuta, ~tief00t ollmlnotor the laea iihet the order must **be** 'witoroti during

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time. Tho 5uQo la authorima, whom ho doom6 it adrlaobla to ord!r a apoolal tonn, and authorlti~:&- to oonvono qtoh apoolal~ term Ortho sM+kt **any** tlmo whlah maybb fired by him. ‘rho& ‘in this oonnooticin, ~q.,take It, doob not **~mror** t,o plaae, but to **the t$mo**  when ho may beam If odrlaoblo. or ooprao, ho iuullt **fix the**  **+ow or**  ,tJao**,oourt** baron ha oon~onoa it. **We zolght**  state, $n parsing, as ,w under**rtand** It wee one -0s. the purpoaa 0s **-thil,** new aot. **if not**  the main purpose, to expedite the trial and diapoaltlon of a 

### oortaln olW8, of’ oriasa’~w&loh have beoomomom or l*ati proralent 

### inthisaountry, ana itwas 

### intedea%O.:

.. outhorlqe the ‘judge, in vaootloa, 

### to0011 a apoolal tapa eY‘-t.heoourt,~ and as ,anwi roaturo of tb, **aot,** gore him power to ampanal the gmna 5~x7~to lndlotorreaaera, ,-a, 

### try auoh oaaoa. It, will be **en that on0 of the main objeota 

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tm l nao+meat would **be** aefratoa,

### if ‘the 00urt ,ahoula bo 80~llea -to wilt the oonnnlng 0s~

a re@io* term ‘mr0r0ha ,acitia ,~a11 0 apaolal term of his oouxkn

In ooaol~alon, we wlah to point out that Artlolo 1923, Rori~od Oltil stotutoa, prwlalng r0r **the** oxtena’ion ~of 0 term of oourt woe not **oonalderod** hero **booouao** theexproaa wordingof that statute pnoludoa any posalble 

### l pplioation to this faot situation; viz;, uWhonorer a alatrlot aourt ihall be in the mldat of the trial of a oouaa when the t&no for the oxplratlon or the term or E&d oourt arrives * * ‘r the judgo IS 8uthorlzOdHonorable Joe T. **Flahor,** PO@ 5

to ortona the kmb (Unfloroooring oura1.

we balioto that this fully auswera your Inquiry. Yours Gory truly, Approved l?or 18, 1941 (0) Grover Sallerr Flrat Aaal8tant Attorney Oenaral ATTORNEYG-L OFTEXAS

BY (a) Wm.J. Fanning

Aaslatant
BY (a) Crundy Wllllfmn