Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Honorable Homer Garrison, Jr., Di&-ePtor
Department of Public Smfety
iaustin, Texas
Dear Sir:
Your request for 0Pe matter reads
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lnformetlon for thalr use when
aeourlq~ handwriting erldono~.
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Although the moundnrma of the rule hea beon question-
ed by legnl mholaM, it oeemm well settled in Texig that where
tha aoouasd io In custody and ma&es or hi8 handwriting em
Honoreble Eomer Carrieon; Jr., page 2 .
sea ;lr M io r ltuidards of aomp``rfmm, that the mane p r er eq uisites
exletlry in th& ordinary cmfeeslon sltua:lon must be met be-
fore they will be received 15 erldtnoe. Kentison Y+ Stete, 260
9. W. 17b;.CUok Y. Stats, 46 tl.II. (26) 992; ran3Beacham Y.
Steto, 162 $. V. (2a) 706. For orltioi8m of the rule see Texas
Law Or ?%lQence, lBlaCoxmieIi end Ray, Seotlon 527, page 676; ~4
3 TaxM IAW nerlew f&5. '
In the leading Tcxes oaai on thl8 point, ~8ri5iso5 v.
State, supra, the oourt Lo interpreting what la now krtlcle 727,
V. A. C. C. Pi of Taxaa, quoted with approve1 thlq len&uege
rrop Brenoh*a AnrtotatedPe5el Code, page 32, 8sotlon 59:
nphs statute relating to eoof8sslons 1s not con-
rix#d stxlstly to a tea!mlcal oorrisealonbut oovers
ray it in 'theMtUr8 Of E aonf&810n, atatsmmt or
ofroumsteao8 dens or aude by dereuamt while ln aoa-
rlnem+tt 0s ouatod;l,and not
_ h+vlng Fen pxope+y
waxnod, whioh may be hued By tha State oo a orlmUu~-
tive rO0t tb&.Mt him.'
.:: Sin08 ths aour& ham held that han8wrItlug seeureb
SXOR %h&*o&n.ssU wblle'fn ou#tody 1s a otieseion ox statement '
wltbln t;hrm?anlng of Artlo 727, C. C. Pi, all th8~rule8
govemiug ths rot-m, exeoutlon and eflmholon In 8~ldeuocbor
oonf8uilo58 apply with eqwl rorcs to writ% aeoursd 88 6
standard or oomp8r~aon* f~oeeautore ara raatllar nlth the88
rules ana wo think any elsboretloa would bfiuairulbtur.
You hey6 88keu that me suggest a suitable form)pf oon-
readon to ba u88d In IAhrndwrltlng au8 and though tha&ii@eel
form generelly 1% uuo by proaeoutora in other oases wotiKbrob-
eblg be,&-:8i.Grlolentto ret the statutory requlremcmts, out OS
~'ebwmtoe of aaut$oa we vwuld 8uggest thet the at&tdant form
8ot out in Xlll~on'8 l'execr
Crlmlnel Form, fifth Edition, Sea-
tlon Lo57 paee.690, be uae4 wlth the intsrpalatloaclberein-
efter in&at& by underllnlng.
BUW~ FORN PO3 VOLUNTARY CONFE&lOAl CGXSIST-
ING OIrspYcsMENs OF ORIGIEAL HmmI*s OF AC-
C'SXD TUZN WULP 1N CBL%??FODY
I, A. B., B8ing 15 custody 0r k. I)?,BhsriZf a?
~County,Texas, heviz& been rlrrst
Honorable fiomes Garrison, Jr., page 3
-8d by Ii. P., coukaty Attorney 0r
county, Texas (or other person to oham the state-
m%nt 1s made) the person to whom the harolnatttr
88% OUt &&t8I#nt ia mad& 8Ildto whoa the rOllOW-
iu samples of my hamiwrltks are given, that I
do nOt,have-to make any stetermnt- at all and that
1 a0 ncithave to write br Riyt sLxsolmeM zEf--
evldeace ab?ainntBB on !m trla3 ior the offense
odnosming whfch this &tsm&~ 1s aade and ooh-
osrnlnn which this handwrltl~ is done, do
aak8 the r0u0wfn8 voluntarY Stet8w8Sltin WritiJlg
and 40 here ~olux&rlly wrlk rcZth my awn hand t&e
roli0winR isag& and~srmiaens 0r uritini2 ana this
stUt%laentand this writing ia ~Wds and RiVeti to
the aal R. F.
(%?rCr88t Out lStatOQ8lltS ii lUl# till6haV*
at&iwsd write desired e98~iaana in hia own Lund.1
A. B.
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UITRRSSES:
iVecriaaerelphope that our anmar fully oovera your
lnqulry and that lt,will prove to b8 of IKUUZhelpin your oaew
involving queatlonod doauaentrr.
?oursivery truly
\. ATYQR?lRY GRNRRAL OF 5%2&S
BY (8)
mgelm Alvin
Aaal6tmt
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APPROYZD:, '
AFFitWfD AUG. 16, 1941 Opinion C~omlttes
R. $. lralrahlld By Ri Vi,F., Qhninaan'
Aotlny ATTOBBnrr WNERAL OF Tl?.X.AS -
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