Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

WOAdd by th. GWUd bV8 Of tbir For+ d Lylslaturol
193l,Chaptes 9, soatlonr 1.2,pag. r
I 1
"Ii at tlmr art.? eonTlatlon aBd by the uwu
and m&hod &a 38 r.lMnu provlw~ it k madeknwA to
thr l o fth o c o ur tlnvhlo h th o la dlet8a tb
r mA9r B that the drfmdanthubo.om inun. 'iinwhlm
aonrla&, a Jury &all bo rprnolrd lr.la ordinal?,
ulmlml aace8 to try th8 quertlom ei inbmlty~m
..
"IAformat?oa to the Judgr of the court aa plwlii
iA MtiQlO wl Of the Code Of @ill ~OWbuFe Of the
S$atr of rcur aa to the lnnsmlty of a drfrndant ahal1
consl8t of the africkwlt of tk su?ulBtol&deAt 0) sow
Litate Inrtltutlan 1-w the troatunt of thr’laaam, or
thlhJ~Yit Of BOt h8# thra tU0 lbm!ud w 2'06UhF~
leluu 88 thr State of Toxar or tha at-
fldaritof r-br prioa~ p~~l01w or VU&A 01 thr Pwb0l
Instltutlan whurln the dofmbmt 18 ln prl8aa1 or the
county Healthoirie*rof the Cotm~ v&n the br*nb
OAt vu rlnolly wnvlcta3, vhlah afiicwltr, ii mda,
dull state that aftrr l p ur a ml uabatlon of the de-
foadoat it lr the opinion OS tha aittant that tha d&and-
ant daoom CBd sasdafild8vl~r ahall, lnbdult1an
thereto, rot lorth thr rwsozu wd the ewu er ouuw8
vhiahhahan Jlultiflodththr oplnlal*”
]tn the aaa of hfeF..bkn Ve 8tatov 140 Tue Cr. 8.1, 148
8.W426) 423, oplrdapr rw&u& in 19’10, it 18 roldc
trld md drtennlned by rtrlct Cowt ln vhleb
the ooA-~lctlon fmu.qo& Lx put0 nllllkm 198 Tu. Cr.
R. 121, 299 5eWe1338 ix P&t@ hWAPOrt~ do
326, 7 S.Y.(2d) 589 60 r.L.R..1403 Escue tla Tu*Stutr %?*
Tax. cr. it. 447 223 ci*d* 483; am 11f . state 137 Lx.
cr. H. 486, l&.%.(26) 274, 130 S.cr.@d) 24. . s”
Ihe w oiise cited IA the aboor lxcupt from the Mcicib-
bm ccraadecided nrbrrquat to the 1931 Poaant8 to the qWt@d
rtatutro 18 RlaAd Ye state. III that eata dland had bera eon-
vlotod or a trl.oay &r Ur trlti uid thr af-
iinmnce OS his aam by the county Court
or 9 imnty. la the Court of Crimi-
A& cppo. s t&it court held the wtlorr could AOt be oonoldorrd
bmauro fll.4 too late. lh!eoourtVU alsoaskedto ntlrr the
aasa Srcmthe doekrtbeoawr of thr iarcrrritrof 6cm66& ZU6
motluavas llkawl~ overrule& Tbr oourt quote3 lutlalo 92l,
C.C.P,,lo usndod ra au3 altedthe Hilly Da%‘= and
B;roUr 6666686 U&ti~ !QI! tb 6ht6UAt t&t 5 t h5
hold that the Dlstrlat
COWS Ulwblchr &frmlnrrt VU aaavlet&
It Is clc6r fror thr rbovr aa8.s aa4 thr dtatloaa t!~rr.w
in that, as a gmwal propooitlon, and lmirpeadart of an7 othu
law 0)~tie 6ub lo t6 “thdistrict
e 60~8 ln which 66oused ~6.6 ma.
t1at.d has lxc i UBlVO SdiCtiOA to try the issue Of ii%eUtitr
orislng tutu oonvlet i-onea
izrrwrevrr your atttntlon 1s nw iAVitOd to an eBaatwAt
of the saw Lsgir i ature vhlch amended Articlro921 and 922 C&.P.,
:1e refszr to &tluls Y& L’UACIA~Sunstated Clvlf St&-
~~~iP~AU~ LOWS6 *‘0~8p0000~6 i~giS.btprO, i9av Ch6ptU a,
paw 2511
"a~. 1. b&on 6ny prlsonrr 6onflard in the Stat8
Ponltcntiary lnsam
bOOoRe ha ekall be treated by the
prison physician at lmtadle end rhill ba obaened by
5dd 2hp5ittii0-40na th0 md0= oz th0 mit0eiuyj aad
when in tlie judgQoAt of said phydaien or Burden, 6u6h
wmv I ct IS insa~o urd should be :ramferrrd to am Oi
th0 mt8 ii00pitd6 r0r treatm0td 0f th0 in60nO tm
dthtr said priS0l.a pw5iOiPn Or SIstd VtbdrAOhOh w
b&w6 thm county Jwdgr of Ulcer County, Tms, 6ad
mka afflciavlt to said fuot aad the Count Juti@
shall :orthwlth proaod
to ky raid ewvle t la the 66n
saarmr as other and m&ier the ama n&la@ of ?o-
pireona
co&are aa apply to the trial of tltirarr who bwomo L
SM.. ~;Ipu trial ii 6ald convict 16 raMdto ba IA-
sane the County &Qr before uium &a 16 trhd 6h6ll lo-
sdl a warrent for transfer of 66id oonvlct to one of
the stats EoaylttLo for thr traatmnt of the Lnraw or
other place provi led hor?afl;er l;lw, jwovld4d the pro-
vislw CJ, thlr law rhll noi appT y to t’rl6cwrs mdu
gOntenw OS ;iestC: 61~2cxZlnad withinthe StatehAltal-
tiuy.
"AC. 2. 2x..a Cnnlct, 16cfit6d a any of
5:st-
the ?rl.son : LS:S, becmxs
lnsunc, he sbnll imardlrrtoly
b6 trans~erxd t> i!Ie uia ?rir?n et Xntsvillo tar ob-
servatlm and trdstoont.
_ the County Jw&o axi ;filc6rr
0mpi2*~ir0~0ir0 the l03b0 f006 008lhd y
7i%lfYd
for the trial 0: rush aados in the county Caurtibut hll
costs ati sxp4nses lncld6nt th6reto ~AC~UC~~EG Cou?rt 606ts
liOZl. la vu Ii*naku, page I,
Uld i’*Sg and the oosts
for the aamamaoa or maw aoavact to
iG2os, 7 tal for thm trratunt Of tha lnmuho,
- to rthu withthe u OS trumf~ m&d
f
jirsourtomwhm T stitutloa&all k prid b
thm s of tha 3rlmon systu mt of i\abr SL
l#rd for MMgQlnt an:: opuatiw of tha prisom
systa*
*SW* 4, The hudqwtum and uln o:floos of
the Wus ?rlsoa S atem8 brlag looated at flpatrvllle,
la ualhr county, rhat owlty is &lVU u8lam10* vew
us ln the trial of lnmaur aoKwicts vho ara wtu
Of the axas PrlSonspstr. Aem 193l, 42nd Leg., p*
25, aha 2l.n
fs Ws Article so I~C~QFWUS with thr pravlsWas ot
;rtlclss 9Ll and 922, C.C.F., supra, as to br iarffeatlva?Cart
ful searoh of the casu f&l18 to dl8&08@
ol this qusstloni lndssd, us Slnd no can
vhsr~lnthelast-quotsd statute hasw8r
Upon nature r8flrutlon and a dillgaat lnvost tioa of
autborltIss, WI rail to porualvr uaf aatlriaatwy or v!f rmamm
vhy full fores and sfisot should ba dealed to Artlalr 31& . rtu
provimloas of tts Cods of CrfdnJ. U-W dti *or- vlfh
the wthod and ix’oarbora of dst~athe&nity or irr
We, thuefora, rem Otfully adtim foco that in our opln-
iw your rlrst ourd bo muwad
question 8&l as feUourt
It the pr~~rdtrra- outlined in &Jcls Jl86a, IPpCa( 1s
followed, the Judge of the County Cow’t of Walker CotMy, ‘prw8
does have the right to asmum urlrdletloa oi the aaH matloasb
by you, and to gmxmd, im?er t ho ~rorlsi~118 of raid artlok, to
try the person concerned, on a oompl&A Of 1UDIQy. 1p0 0thU
Countycourt imuld have such ~UrUdlattiOn.
Ith rrferenca to your saoond qusrtlon, you are advised
thdt the proper procedure to be tollwed in ths~a oaaea 16 out-
u&d ” our o:.inion Iid. d- j39iia a ~02~ of which is ~C~OS& &SW-
?h count Judge of xalker County muld have authorlty~ af-
ta ihe trialhe31 ;1 under the j~rovislms of rrtlcls 38&a, VUacm'S
innotated civil Atatutrs, mupra to comaittb lmaw caavlat to a
State hospital for the lnsano~ hat this a&ion QII i&r put would
not be l c-0 of thr ordu of the dirtrlct Court COtEittins 8h@
COAviCt FO th# glllitantiarfe
.wt:cle 34 of the rvnd.Cod0 of WtSs nub as fo~WS1
weavir ii@Bmku~ paso 5
mno ut done in a state ti irrsanlty em k
shad as an offense. IJo puson vho booms
P maw oftu he cowalttod M oafanw shall br
&
~a 1935 tlw i?orty-fourthkglrlatme sanded btlalr
925 Coda of Crlaln8lbwamdur~ ofTrxas,tomaks that drtlalo
rmaa u follws:
“If the drfmdaat bmomss au.) ha shall bs
brought kforo the Court ln vhlah ho vu uon-
vlotedor before the Dlstrlot Court ln the W
ty in which the defsndant 1s locafod at the time
he 1s alleged to have become sanej and* a Juq
shall be lmpanalealn the Courtbsr0rrnwLLish suoh
desal&ult 18 to try ths lsmus of hls San-
'fhr u~3usau~U portion of this statute uould olurly
lndleatothat thr aonvlct who bab baan dulusd lnbaM and vhou
sanity bratamsrestored and it ~8s so -crated mild k rs-
turned to the penltaIt1 t0 8ma tb UMXP:SOU~ mi0a or a.8
0rlgid 8-att4 or wu "fI cti0h The aotlonof ths somt la
aftu
ilndlngthe oolrvlctlnsaas lJwaroa~t:alin the mt~tlary
~0uld tbrrar* have the 80h dm4t 0f s8u-a oh nqbaiap
the mrvlag of the sentmmo peadin#o rsstor~tlon of the oow
vlot'sunity. kR do not tklak this would be “ohanlhu t& Order”
or&n aourt vbueia the wavlot vu orlgi&aliq ocmYlotd 0s thm
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APPROVED SEP 27, 1944 Yours ouy truly,
/d selQos C* Ashley’
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ygg By Id benjamln iooddl
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3en&xriln Voadall, ~sslstant
TNs oiAnbm coarldered an; tqpyroved ln ,
llaitd oonf~renoo~