OFFICE OF THE A'IIORNEY OENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Bonemblr 23.B. Ritehop county 4torney Jarrp8rCounty ;raaper , Texar
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6. Qso I want td maki , if I aid not in my 8tatclmentcg the'aare to,pou, the aentsnce read that the a4mnd*at, was to aorve four months in jail alidpay the 'Wbts of oourt. As I understand your ruUng,'daspibo the 'grantor time aervd, and dsrglte the fabt deiendant he6 esrvsd prior to esataoo ample ftonomble B. 3. Bi)ahey, Jr., Page &
tire for both ooets of oourt ana tho lea teo eo et the-courtef four monthr In ell, the omait oould be allawed %A tho !all 8entsaae but not aa the Ooat8 of oourt. Ther~tore, ter the offlaere to be entitled to their Ises, the soets .of 00urt rotaa haveto be servea out eubss:;uent to the eenteaoo by the oourt. Am I right In this interpretationor your rul- ing? wSe~~ndly,where there ie a Jail lentsnoe and ooeto semed out in Jail by a defendant tn 8 lPlilJd@JIeaAOF 088e afISS88SaiA OOUAty OOUl't, are the offiaors OAtitiOd to their OAC,half re0rv IA other worda, ie there any dlfferenae where there is a &ail eentenos and costs aeseee- ed egalAst a defendant or where there ir a line and oosto aeeeesea? That ia are ths offfaere entitled to their half fees in either cam whsre the mano tar4 laid out IA jail? "Thirdly,say viahave a fins OZ &.oO.oO cusdooste of ooart aa a fudgnent in oeuuty 0ou.e against the a~feAdaA~, ana in the 8e~- teAUe the TiIdg@&PAAtA ainr the t-0 66 a OrSdit 8flthe iiAt3and 60ete that he has alX'eae e.rt- ed in jail#iOr t0 ~O~ViOtiOA and B'SAtSA@e. hia euppo~sclnouah lnataaoe, the,.detendaAt had spant~%i#m day5 in jail prior to thir USA- tense, tkk3ahe 18 giitan0r8aif for the toA aa OA the tfAe and 008t8. Can such Wedit be ar- mea, and are the o~~ioersl sntitlfifd to their one-halt fee6?" &ticlu '108,984 and 1065, Vernon'e Anaotated Tess codo of Criminal Prooeaurs, read ae ~iollcm~ "Art. Viii. It a new trial IS not mxmtsd. nor jUd,gnrs~t'a~reated iA felOAy eaee8, *he - santsnos shall bo pronounoed in the pr~at1~08 of the defendant at any tfxseafter the erplra- tiOn Of th8 tine allowed for UIaktagthe leotiOA for a new trial or the motion in arrsst 0r duag- epent;provided that in all orimtnal aaee8 the judge of the aourt in whloh dafeadaAt MI OOQ- vlotsd, my within his di5eretioA,give the dafendant credit on hi8 %QAta~88 for the time, or any Fart thereof, wMch maid dsfeadaatha8 Eanosable St.B. IUtober, Jr., me 8
spanO in jail in said oaitse.from the time ot his arrest eaa oonfinrarnt until hlr HO- ten08 W the trial OouPtt aad rodgad fur- ther that in all .Oaeeewhere tii 0 defedant has been tried for any ViOhttiOA df the lawn of the state Of ~~exae,8nd ha0 baSn oonrlded and he* appealed from paid judeppent and/or ssntonoe of oanviotlon, and whore aaia m~uso has been affIrma by the Court of Crlmilul Appeals, ,andafter