Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

-, OFFICE OF T’HE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS ‘.AUSTIN . ;reon;;le H. H. Courtney Motley County ~Matedor,Texas Opinion IJo.O-51 'We need to know just ho* we should ~ndle the County Attorney fee in a misdemeanor oase.~ . Honorable H. H. Courtney, page 2 . Should we collect the fee ior the Coun%y Attorney when we oolleot the flue and oost, or should the County Attorney fee be.1 t out? If we &OlleOt the fee for the County Aitormy, what should we do with it? Should it be!turned over to the county Tressurea?? 'We would also like to kuow how the fustioe OS the Peace oan submit his Monthly Aooount of Fees Due without the Oountg Attorney making his oertiSlcate7 We kuow what we should do ii we had an &- sistant Couuty Attorney,.butsinoe we do not have either a County Attorney or en Assistant County Attorney we do not know whet we should do. “We will eppreoiate it very muoh if you ylll send us this informstloqat once, 07 teu us where .ykoan f``,it in case you cau*t send ba an "pi+ ;. . \ *. . . ." fitho@& &$ .&.,~.t~.a$&,jj& u ..mw gw*'rL mr:;&e `` .. pur$oses‘eithi,opiui~u, we esmne that,the,eoodty attornky did not resign his offioe before edering'lnto th&.armed .: servioes of this Qq3nt;L?r.Xc we are oorrect'in%hthiaasa@@- 1 tioiithen the'noa&ssionersi oaurt &either has tke author%tJr ! t6 @ant:8 leave at absenoe tothe~oouutp etbo@.ep to enter . the armed fo*oes nor the power to deolare his office vaoant it he does enter t&e amae& -for43ea,j{+keiyu~opmon x0. ", 04533, a cop* ,ofwhich 4s eue$sed:.hereql?&j ,- .:I' . . With refersnoe:tot&e dispositionor the feee OS the.oouuty attmney we th$.ukt&at our Opinion No. 8-4599 , enswe~e your inqoiry. This oplnl~n hcldsr "l! Where the oouuty attorney haa takcu sc#neaction in the aase SOr the Statein the jus- tice court he would be enf%tled to the ,#5.00 I@ on e ploe of guilty in the justioe.e~ourtregard; less or whether he was present In the justice court et hhe'tl$uethe plea was entsreb; For exazuple,it youroouuty attorney ,rileda 'oos+ plaint j.njnstd.oecourt before he left to join E?norable H. H..Oourtney, page 3 the Army he would be entitled to.the $5.00 fee i, if the.defendantsubflequently,plsedguilty. “2. If the oountg attorney has not taken any aotlon In saoh e oase\and Is not present end ready to represent the State at e regular teim of the,justioeoourt,and a'defendent.pleedsgull- ty et suoh regqlar te'rmthe oounty attorney would not be enti'tledto the fee. Nor would the ooun- tg be entitled to the fee. If no ice-is due the oounty attorney it would not be charged against the.defendant. '0 3. 'If+he.d~fendent plead guilty in Jus- tise oourt'et any tir+3other than the regular. *elm of suoh 00w.3 the oounty attorney would be entdtl&d to e $5.00 fee awn though he was not resent and hed‘taken no eotidn in the ease.* sWe are also 8noloslng a,ogpy 0r taie Bpinlon.) : ** . ,.Z!rovidad'thbCtitislon+s aourt &+ ao* ,$* &$ :&&&w*;&$$ ~.``*``'&#+j; &$:w -.. ; o&isetried an&in wlii?han doqai$tal is had on- I less the gtate~pf Taxes was ~presedted in the trial of said oe,useby the County Attbrney, or his,aseistant,CrlmUal Dlstrlot Attorney 6r his .' .; 'atiEistant, tid the oert+fioat@ of aeld.Attorney iti'atteoh&,to aaid adtiount'oerttiyingto the :. fe6t tha% said oa!se w~astried, and the State bf .~.!&xe.a was,qQpxyented,~and'fhat ~3n.h.i~#3gment ":~' .jtherSwas s'iiioient~$vi'denaein said oauhe to dand a.trial of,~same6* 'Itis our opinion that in the oases ofteoquittal,be- fore the josfloe'ofthe peeoe is entitled to his fee, the county attorney,.orhis assistant, would have to oertify to the Facts es requlred by said Atitiole1052. A&Mole 31,'Yernon'sAnnotated Cd68 Or Or5.ainal Proasbure, provides: Wxeneverany distrlot or oounty attorney fe%u to aMifw&any tena of the dfstriot, oounty ., 'HonorableH. Hi cQUTf;n8y, page It ' or 5uatioe~soourt, the judge of s&$ court Qr~ euoh &&ii08 arayappoint soms 00@8tefLt attolmey to.,perfOrmthe duties of Swh dla%$riotor oounty attorney,who shall be allowed thd Bem8 oonrpense- tlon for his services es is all6t!edthe dietriot attorney or eoonty attorney. Said eppotitmnt shell not extend beyond the term of the oourt,at which if is mad+, end &haUtbe reoete4 upoh t&e appeeranoeOf,th8 d$striOt or OOtlatyattOrnOy.* it iP QIU $USther OpirLiOSltheii if -thejustioe gf.the sea8 appoints an attorney pro tern under the pro~vislons of this L tiole the attorney.pro'tea~aOuld make.the oertif'idates is reqUi%%tdby aFti@e 1052~ .&Iett6rneg;'pro Gm appointed,by the oourt has all the p~wvs end Untiea Of ths regulai prose- outing attorney. State v..LaOkey,3EYTex. 357; Therefore; in $he ebsenO8'0f%be.oertifiOetere* quired by ArtlblO 105&,ln .oasftsQf'ao&ulttal,th6'$iis@eei& the peage would'notbe,Bnfitle!l,to hl~'+e..~ ,`` :,'; . BY h/ ’Aru9l.lWilliams ASBiS$FxIlt AW:db EiiOlOSurO -