Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN ‘o- 6144 &onorablo R. E. Joaes ccunty AttoPney Polk county ~vin@iori, Texas plicablllty of tvo othm, Article 197 of the stabllshtis the venue in the a the charge sgainst the occused P the statute dealmE; vlth delingusnt C by, Section 7-A of the dot (Yectiou 1, V.A.C.S., supre): Wk 672 Bquoreble B. H. J0n.., pe&e 3 CICiP.) lupra, is a venue emtut. oalr. ~P&,CO~~ of the ~, courty~ flret lndlqlag one Sor Ohe thelt etqulr6~ jurledic- tlo&, cud en accused, ~eeertlag hie .?ight to be tl’lsd ln tbt coutkty, deprives the sowte of other aountlei Oa jurledlo- EiOt3. PaWee VS. st8t8, 54 4~x. cr.~ 15. ,597, 98 s. u. 861. hut it bee been regeated,ly held thet proceeblage wider Artlale 2338-i, V&non*8 Atuaoteted ClvLl Statutes, are civil in nature. It ha. beau meld: ,‘, “T& deliequenoy pmeeedlag of Pour-bill (~eferrlng tombhe Aat nov uadmr oonmi&oratios} 1.. not I.0 uly ‘eenea a orlmlnel proe~e4Jutloa --’ lt 18 l civil prouedure. . . .” (opltion 20. 0966, AttorneJ @eaeral, Hmreh ” 19438 0p1nl00 Ho. O-5786, Ibid, JIWU’J 28# 19( 48 Oplaion .w. 0-S’I79, Ibid, Aueurt la, ItiS). Aiy Spp8l SF08 the letlw Of the trial oourf llee, aot to the Court of Cririaal Appeele, but to the We heve come to the coeclueloa thet there 1. no queetlon but thet hctlolr -A OS Artlale 23%-l, lupra, glvee exclue.lve venue to either 1 1) the county of ectuel reeldewe OS the ohlld; or (2) the couaty uhereln th eloqe ~conetlsutlng said ohlld e dellequent ohlld Yore ooUt8ed; thet the venue statute in theft 6aree generellr (Art1018 197, C.C.P., eupmi) is llmltad to eririnal woeeoutlone; t&t l juvenile delia- quawy eeee 18 8 olvll mweeedlqa end not 8 orldnal moeecu- tion. We 8180 ere of the oplaion that l Oeuee 0S ectlon arlaee wheu the theft 18 comltted a#ul llnce there 18 but one act on the pert of the child brlugtng the aaee within the de- linquency p@oaeedlnge land t& t lct oacure vheu the property .le taken, by virtue of geetlon 7-A. eu$re, Phe case of the dtate leeklng to intervene In behalf of it8 erring ward 18 properly prought only (1) in the county of the juvmlle*e actual reeldewe, or (2) In the coimty. where the child orl- giyllp takei the property rlth the Icbterrt to deprive the true ovner of the value thereof. 6’73 Eoaorebbls R. R. Jones, pap 4 We do not imply thct GVOCIi.n a juvauilo delin- quency CWS; the VGEUC quest$on nLg!lt not be valved. &Yom redin& your lettar WJ c0nc.h.h au& ualver to hmv,? beea probable la the ca+&mti3ned by you. Yours very truly I - Aeelstunt BU:db