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*1 OFFICE OF THE A7TORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonorab3.e I(ira L. Bennett, Jr.
Distriut Attorney
lWm8ngee, Texas Opinlaa Ho. o-
Dear Slrr
Rer Did t&e
the hereimbbove quote fra8 hour ed 8tatemat 6f faute m- alatoP viPgl1 Bovnd8 wa8 oeorioted 6f burglary ln the or-1 tlL8tPlot Connty,Texm, aud tk@taa the c, 19X, was rentaeed to four yewe oaaflameat ia the state pcmitmtiaa-y of Tex- a8 ad was mmived In the rrtatb pslastent5rrg at Xuiztsville, Texas, 011. Juwwy s'; 193& that there- after ua Ray 1, 1939, the relate, VWg!ll Bounds, bg Px'oo~tlca So, 3E558 af the oovbzmor of the r oaPtdit%ml State of %WM VIE gcoted ocmditiared tb8t ha aooept the jsb off exwE2L *2 Be&umtmt,Taxas,andmka acme provlsica fw his nottier; t&et be totrllr 4bslmIn fmm the u8e of latoxluatiag'Uquorm of eve+ry kind and ebar- aoter and that the aelrtor aaoept tke @aLid oop- dltlonalpudm~ tbatthmwafter ~1 the 20thday of Jwm, 1940, bJ ProolMltfim No. 1603 the am- ditianrl pu?don hereinbeftmo ref4x4rQd to @ented to the celator va8 revokcrd by W. Lee O'Daniel, Gw4Pn6r oi the stat4 of ~oxaa, for the reeSQ8 ret out them4n and cm ffla in the office of the Seamtaryof Sute~ tbtca Septe@er?6,1940, the m?lator vaa reoeired at the eats penitatlrr~ Eunt~vllZe, Texas, 8a oonditional pardrza and that at muoh tS.ne th4 wostlm amI riolrtor oammutrtlm tim4 tbrt tilt8 IzIlStop ha6 oUma6 pior to l&by 1. 1939, vu by the auth~ibioo of the Texas Ptirrm Syatam fWfblt66~ al%BtaltbArda~th4PeUtor~lPloundm m &out 6;lu fisrt &T o? wall be dlrohqpd t&t hat swh ot4rtfae &ad oeta- A-t, l!#lj tiaa tjlPs not been farfeitod t&4 relrfoz vould b4 f!PQS th0 TO%88 8trt4 Olltithd t0 hia didlRl'@il Prritmttimy at tlm the; ft ia further agmetl that a Soptoaber 26;, 1940, Hien the mlatar vaa State Prirakl1~mtha rwtwaodtotbFua8 ad 2 daya voro forieited~ t&at at rnab t&w l.acmth and 13 day8 oamutatian time vba foa'folted; It ti further agrood that 0. J. 8. l!lli.n$son aad Y. Y. Wlrid, the rcwpondats herein, aam rertrUMn$ the Ubwt;r of the ved.ator, YirgU Bcwnde, by vl.rtua otandtmderthe authority of the Judan\tmd samtsaae nrde aud mtaed in Jofrwaao ootaty, Toxam, an or about Aovember 9, 1937, m6 mder and br r&r&e of the rwouatiar of atmlltloa*l plzl- dm *II hersintwfozle eat 6ut~ it 18 furthor shovn end egxwod horein that e vr%t OS Waeaa ~orpu8 vp8 diilr imwd by tha Dletrfot Olosrk of SfSlk4P &nasty, Texas, tmdor direaticm of the Olrtrict Judge rr;ld county, cm th4 third dar of Xey, 1941, ad vaa @azved thereafter cm the 4th tix of rta;rr, 1941, by C. L.
Idltohell, Sberlff' of WIulcrr Qomty, Tsw, ad that in axuwer to the nit of btmuw ooxrgur rerved th4 reupandenteW.W.WaidMQ0.J. S.~lSngsoah.~e nov pi+duuo the relator %IZ and to raid Omrtra *3 &no~Poble Mac L. Bennett, Jr., Page 3
Ax+icle 6166~ and 6166x-1. of Veraan* Annotated @iv11 Statutes of T4xa.a provide aa iollowa:
“Article 6166~. In order to encourage prison dlsoip~lne, dlst ctlm my be msde in the treat- mt of prlsontea 80 ks to extend to c;ll such as are om%mly, lndustrlotm and obedleat, comt’orta and prlvll4gs waording to their deaerta. ?%e reward to be bestowed a~ priaonera for gooU amduet shall cmmiat of aueh relaxation of strict p~lsm rules and extension of aooisl pltlleges 8s may be oai- slateslt vlth proper &pisc1plllle, commltat1on time for good cam&met aball be granted by the saw%@?, and the following deduct&m shall be made f5oa1 the t%rm 0)’ terma of aentenaea vhen no @lame Of IklLaom- duct MaS been auatained Against % ~~BORol', viz *
th off of the first yearfa sent&e3
tgee &ys per month off of the seecod year of am- taae~ four days pep raatih off of the thiml yea2 of stintmce3 rive d~ya per wth off of the rourth pisr of segtance3 air daye per maktb off or the tlfth yeer 6f aaittmce; 8ev4n dspa per aw21t-h ofl of tke alxth year of acmteme; eight d8ys per mcmth off of aw5lthy68ror amlt4n44~ ah4day4 perrcmth ofr of the eighth year of ae5tace;t.a dayI permaal off of the ninth y4A.r of ae&t4mz43 ?u%3en &8ya par maNi ofr of the tea&h gear, and all aaaaeediag years of asarttmce. A pzrlsonsr mder tva or more oumlatlve ssaterwea al11811 be tilowed eoawtrtian &a if they ttiFns ulthout exgense to the-stAte, euak forfblture my be set aside by the mawkger. For extra m%?it- orlous conduct on the part of any prisoner, he aball be reoormended to the favorable ccaaldepation of the Govemmr fir increased cozmutrtion p&Ma~, and in case of ang yxlscaer who shall have esoaped md been captured, part oz all of him good tleie th-areby fer- felt& my be restored by the VF, ii in his je- laanthUi subsequent canduot asltltlss hia thweto,* *4 m2wWabl4 Xae L. Bmanett* Jr., P8ge 4
"artitde 6166x-1. Prismor amfined in the StatePadtaotlary ahsllbe k4ptrtr+'kwider such As rsybs preacribedbythe rulea rsd regdatiara gmmral rraager,wlthtbe camant 4ndrppmvalof the hiaon Fioard,provGI4dthatno px'faarer shall bemquIredtororkmr4 thantaahousa p4rdayex- oept ~1 vork neceaa8ry and ssaentl81 to efflalent orgaala*tioP of cctaviot forces, rhlcb time -1 Include thetU8 spatin g4i.ngto4ndrvtumlng lncludethe int4m.U- framthel~wa~k, bqtnotto aiut fordfImor, lhioh ul8l1n0tbe lra th*116kk4 hmm,aadia ci8448 4fapSBn4ceasary8d4aa4%tlAl ove?tlm verk, mid prlaopsrr l hrll r404%v4 l do- duotl~fromthalrarrtaae ofdoubl twxwwa vorkear md wwfm that toi hom8 skd frirthar cmatl&te a-day to be d4duoted fp4m aii wmtao8, This hec88suy and eaaentirl vwk” aball be aub- A strlat 8caomtlng oF4dlt ahallbekeptbytba mmrdeof ellovortirsa38ma~ yain~~ofthe~tO~Chthrr~i8~- 8 report aMllbera&medto
formedmdm~~~l~tod~ 4aoh mth, rho tarrll'qprow th% gaerol w it is placsd tothemwut all apohevtilma be&r. or th4 lprto. TM g4ll4r4Jmamg4P Rball,rith t&e omaat ad rppFo+dl of the Prl~aI Jso8sd, .MY4 al4 pwer to deal(prrt8 44Watn flxed ove*irs hours fw th4 4rnam ~hieh hs 0o~ufm8 dr~tdm porfor~~e of my prtialUr imrk, &xd ~4 inrrte sh811 r8c8lY4 azIp onrtlae at all UAleas a8m la at- twtedbytho offlce~ in ahargo ofaaidlnmte,vho must oertffYfr6Rhle olmklwul4dm thataasdov4~- tZaiewaa6otnalSyearneU.Forea&attat4fwd otni44ccnductin vIol.&tiim oftiyrnl Dam to prlacmor, all 4ammtrti&r e+rnad br atsh w4rts.m vaP3c snail D4 l ubj84t to ocurJtlet4 f4rfeltur4. h n4.b~~ to pnd rstuming fraawmk ~Hamers ab8llnot thuia wa2.k. lo $rerter 64 Gqufrad to travel-faster Aaomt 0flAbwahal1b4 requ3red ofmlypr~ams than hia Fhyslcal health md strength vi11 reumably p8rmit,nm ahallasypriaaaerb4 plrcradrta~whlabr es the prism physlcl~~ my pmmunee h&n unrblb to p4rrarm. a0 primu2w, upm h.ta ulnfaalm to t&8 PI- stp, ahallb4rsa~4dtocuny IrWw untflf3mthmla(g *5 Bommble mo L. Rennett, Jr., page 'j
beea exambed by the phi8ux phyalcrlan. Amy of- tica or employee rlolatitlg ey provuiar. or thla Sectha, ahall be dimtiessd fpon the aenice.
Thlr Act ahall be PetrWtive and beoars effe~- tive aa of June 1, 19%. Aota 19 9, 46th Leg., P. 534, I 1.O (Undersoorlng aurn 5
It18 etrted ln21RultigCase uW,pagellg2,See- 28, that; tion
'Oood aonduot statutes me irrmd vith the intmtlcn of Uproving p~?isan dlsolpllna smd bve is allowed. The that effeot ii their sptoraemmt oredlts are arid to be inthearture ofrpqmmt or revard by the atate to the aemviot for bie geod behavior, io order to stiaulate hip to oQfol¶ to the m&lee the iaatitutltm 8nd to aroid t&e
88u~ or eraerr an withfavor bothby atateankulerallegielaturee, Slaoe the shertaring of L asntmms by reaao of good behatioz ia a beaofit eaSerred by the state, ;: I”, eyyy depeadeat QL the *tatate aroi6mlag
.
The of lmpriaamfmt provided for by Ia the ease of Rx psrte @eKema, 64 Atl. 77, the Supreme Court of Yermmt, undsr faota 8imilar to thoee here Involved, held aa follewai
=The seat6moe ID for the aulauutsm,and therllmfazmefor goodbebrieris tobededuated from the -term. The deduetlen8llouedfmr $oodbebriol.p~tioostothsaood;itri~~~
is not forfeited by the bm8oh of the acmditioam of the pardoa,butstPrdeta the oreditvf the pri- 8amr in the fiaslocmmutatim ofhI aentfimoe, Uhen a pri8<ner! vh0 haa been at lug8 cm a eon&- tioiaal paMa% is recaslaitted ta eerve the reml&er *6 SF., Pap 6 Honorable J&c L. Renaatt,
of hia tera, th6 Alma ho has so bea at Urge is not to be treated JM tire eerved was h$a am- tame. The remUader of the term to be served ra re~c8anlltment 18 that psrfi of the term that rl¶Iml&l- ed unexplzvd the time he v&a sat at lmge by the ccndltimal psrdon. ” 510,
In the oane of Stat0 vs. Hater (Iowa) 100 x. Y. the @avernor grroted the pieater i oomliticaul ~~MQQ ad, aa-af Other OQtditiOW i~~wed by ttovemor, it van provided
“Whatever 8llowanee and rebate he ray haov heretofore earn*** by m88ai of @oed Goduct vhile In the pomitmtiary vi11 be forfelt- luoaroonted ed by opervtf~ SW& rwowtiar, md he will be rwa8atttod ts wrve the nrining thereupa period oi hlr erQfa81 8Qtanae, sitbut eny mu bto er allov8nao for good timb hs*etsioro eunuLn
“The l trtutosy pmv~aiaxa aa to dirdnutl~ of lmprlsamaat for gwd omduot do qot, parhape, amber upw thv priraner ray lew1 rIghtI but, at oy Pate, they a&r a atrtutory privilege, of tioh the p~laaser may aoril b3aael.f’. Xo doubt, the forfotturea provided by Code, 5704, atal my be Satpored by the warden witho& a j UL rlo- dcAamLnat.ian as to t&e irota. owatitutlng Iatiaa of the rulee, ra@atiane, laws for the fig=& &~~sadfctW~tag~i~ fg gggOh baa served folr atmh 1-h of tlm t&t, vith the llbJlnutloll o? aaztmlce provided sor, he is ratlt1ed to his dlsobaqe, he em* without questsin, aeoun his discharge in a le@ praaeedlng. We re8ah the c~a18afz1432, therefom, that the dimkutltasr of im- priscQnwnt PFoplded f6m by etatute la a privllegs OS which the pria~isr o& be deprived only in ao- cmrdance with Che provzlaitie of the statute, end thst* aa 110 prwlaiw 5,s mde for iarfeiture af ttd.8 prfvllep al aet3olmt of violatien of the temE9 *7 Eoi%oPableI!Iao L.B~ett,Jr., ?age7
ofrcondltloaalpmdaa awpaaitar ofaazit6me by the executive, no auah ftieltum eaz% be %m- posed by the erecutlve amdtw any oaadftlaa oa stipultaticaa tiaarted in tha oiaw3itfiatal partpa OP order for suapenalan of aontmce. + * l We are of the opinion thatfm3ditfor odcondnct undea? ArtloLe8 6166~ and 166x-1, when aud cmertiw Sll~~Oe r tsme emted by a priaaoer ry bs rorfeited cdy upm thaw ,- . It la obvloua, of eourae, ground8 ape&fled in'srid Artlolea. that ~said atatutea do not authcu-ire a forfeltuxw of such credit upcnarwocaticm ofaoakditlmalpmdm. iRwtw,weme of the opinlca that auoh statutes rce Qal~ed to irprove pzllam dlaeiplinb. It folliwa, themfere, t&at om3uet outsida of the penitentlargwhllethe pMatmwia QX a mmdftloxtal paw&a, neitbeP entitles the pr%smaeZ to the baPef&ts of auoh statutea nor subjacta hlm to the penaltfea thereof. lo. 3010, z'oadered by thla de-
Da ccnfer~as o#nlap jlartmat 0 wNsbar g, 19x, to the E&xaarabla muse w. ~~of~~OiP~s~?~~,ltu~~ld Tr* ~'t to oamutawm 0r tiia3 ta be applied ooavlata a.re not otutitld a& their saat~~o8 uuder Artialw 6166~~ Revised Olril Statute8 ofTems,1925,foFtlwa asrredandemdlted~8uebae&eaoea butslde of the pamltar~. Wa quota from mid epln%cm p8go 179-180 in Bwk 67, as follcwst terms plstmer, 1 '%m HI.1 note that t v
~prlatxter dlaeiplln~‘~ md pr%aaa rules* am al- luded to la aUd Ptlalo aa well au the vlolatloa of prison rule8 and eaoap%nig * attempting to es- th8 eupe all of vhiah I think: mmt438p2ltea th8t pr~aoaeraa8tbe in th0poitca~l.a order to came vItAIn the parrieu psd latadawt of saXd xt is dlffiault to ecaweive ~UW i m utiale.
ma fu~lougbcouldbea~aamx'vltt&~ tba OQ- ma%aadomi.lmryacaep~tlaaof swh tw&. It is also diffiotit to oonoelve of a psman CQ 8 furlough hdng guilty of a breaoh of prlaat die- cipline or escaping or attempting to eaoape froar panitantlary. Bvldmtly the QaIEUtatttw Slloved apriapaer naderatrtbaztiale isazwwam%for good mm3,uct8ndfor obedSap68 ta~i@X~ ruleawb%le *8 Boaemvble l&c L. Beumett, Jr., Page 8
actually uonflned in the penltentlary. Them- fore, a pareon could not earn this aoaatatlau except by aatually serving the rsapeotlve 9sFioda of time required by the statute In the pemlim- tlavp with a clew prison record. I, therefore, amwer your queatlon Ho. 7 in the negative pld say that convicts vbile out of the penitumtiuy on a furlough are not entitled to a oommtatlm of their aentasoes time aemad out of the for penltentiaPy."
You are seapectfnlly advised that it la the epiniog this department, under t&a facts stated, t&et the -it-- tiuy authorities did not have the rlgbt, the tins the re- to r&bit any ot tb later was returned to the penitentiary overtlme end oommutstiar earned by the relator prior to hia discharge m tha conditional pardoa.
Because of It8 related lmportaaae tmder the faota aubatitted by YOU, ve reapeetfully luvlts your attentlar, bar- atdmSd2Ohliagma6Iar, T h e ga aeralruleia page 570, SwticQ 59, aa fd.loMr Yhejud~tlathe~~tyOfthe~,aa
declaredbythe eomt,wblle th8 d%@eetlca~lth it into effeot reapeat to the tins o? wry&k la in t.hm a&tare of a avard 0 f 8xecutlaol, ad uberetbapasalty la japrla-t, aathw of the law la to be aatlafled only by tke Mtwl aavlng of lmprlacinmmt, unless rultted by death or some legal mtbortty. fa aoarPntaae vlth t#heS~ glrszwlplea the gaeral rule $8 thrt whme prlaoner has acmpted a aadltlakal pardae and has beem nleaaeddcm~lmmentbyvl?tab
~’ thereof, but baa violated or failed to peHgn
the ca~ditlmr, any of thw the * bei domea void, and the a- rrJthlVPmb@* -atbd ad compelled to nndesgo the pm&&me& imposed by hla original aQtenee, ec so miwh there- of as he h8d not auffewed at the tlsia of bla re- lease; ad the time &mlag vblcrh t&e aonvlot Is at *9 HamoMblo Mae L. Biamvtt* Sr., Page 9
laxqe tlPdaraomflltlmSl ptmdmlanottobe ooaaldered ~8 tima served on the orl~S1 aen- tanae. This is the only logicsl rule, for b the nmperformance of the ocmditians the p~i&m beoaava void, and the priamer ia in the aama state in which he wab St the time his pardon ~88 graded3 or, as IS sowtime said, the 2ositlon of the prisoner on a violaticm of the conditfonr of hla prdw id 8irilarto thatorau eJ$oapvd collv%ct. * * * (Underscoring ours)
AoceptPnce of a p~rdak aeavasSrlly cSrrD38 Pith it an acceptance of the acuaditlma upon VW& the pardon is grated. If the ooadlti~ imposed is subsequent in itsmature, u undsrthe~fmta aulrPdttedbyyou, thvpardan tuba effeat ~a aoQI ~a it ie dellvvred and acoeptvd; but ang vlolatlm of the comlltlan ~111 work a forf8iture of the pardoa, ard till rvnder the grantee liable to re~rrvat and to reucmultzaeit the original sentewe. ador 31 Teat. Jur., ppgv 1268. If expreaaly prwldva the p~rd~ itself thet on bremh of lrny of the atxditlans thv ocavlatat.ubllbe zirble to sumam-y arrest QI aa order by the Rmraor, vhoae 1-t aball be vanalualve as to riolPtiaa, is sot emtitled ta a jndialal ths prciswer l3lqulryuto thebraauh the aaazdition. Exparte mvempoFt* 7 9. W. (2d) 589.
In order thatveadghthwe ~lltbe iaot.8 bvfvrv uv, 'we obtained the reaord of the relator frartheBorrd ofPordm8 and Paroles.
The aov8rnor’8 Proclawtlal Ho. 32558 greatlpg the relators oc4itlanolpuda ahvati cake of thv aauWtl~8 lm- posed to be "thst he totally abata.fn frvmthv uav of latexi- + l l .' 8rld pro- outing liquo~a of wery kind vad abMatvr4 clamSt1f.m @artheb exprvaaly pwmldva that If he la gvllty at any tire OS my rlaumduat ar rioJ.~tim vf the Znr oz far any othva rvaaan f&a Oovvmor tiy deem auffiolmt lirroluding anpfscta notknevn totha i3ove~oratthetlma of We clva- emcy), this tondltionsl prdaa la aubjvot to rwocetlon at the Governor's diaoretlcm, vith or vlthout hesring, ~a the Oovwmr aary dvteraine,Snd the aSldV%rgilBouada lvspbe, by order of Qaventor, retnn?ed to and atxdinti in the peal- tertiary until the and of his aeatame.'
~cino~ble ltac L. lkezmett, Jr., Pqe 10
2&e r4wordfurtber 8howa thptthe wndltia3alpamIcn was aotwgted, bosom ellocti'lc), and tbrt the klato? was re- 4, 1939, mdtbrt leam&onSay rold oanditl~lpudaairrs revoked 188 June 29, 19&O. The period of time that the relator was at large under asidoemUtlowl pardon,was, therefore, axe yea, cme lnadltk apd sixteen days. further shows a letter deted June 7, 1981,
The recwd trapl L. B. Wdox, Chief of Pollee, Wmmmt, Texas, to the JeffersonCoIpDty PLcoleBoard invb&ahlSr.Haddox states that aald Vlrgll Bomda uaa fined &50.00 and oosts on June 7, 1H0, on 8 omvittlan Xor drtmkemnean.
The tkmenaor*r PPoalamtion Xo. 1603, dated Jlrae 20, 1940, lWVOkQ@tk.H aondIti9n~lprrdon, shove thatituas re- yoked cu the'&rolrad of relator's iatoxlaation referred to in the letter fro& ILr. Maddox. The rwocatia8 dlreota that @!l%e prfran Uathoritlea We hereby directed to take hS.m in charge aodrotum Mmte the panltmtkuyto some the rem&&e of h%* amtmme."
W!ler the utt;haritles hezvd~~before aentiomd, the relatoP’8 isilme tobaqplyvithtba ealdituau4 of his pIzdolz (tototallyabrtdn ficlrtlle UBe of iatoxlorrtlngl~~r) rondorod theprrdoPtoid,uadplaoedtherelatcrr in the m posltirm (with reXemmoe ta hf* 8entemae ae he ua8 rt the tlm his pardm lm38me effeotive on Nay 4 , 1939.
~8 ed8d b0r0m, vhii0 the Felot0r 35~ not my8 forfeited the @Mm tm for good aonduct and overtime vowk vhioh he Ud emmed rrp to &Is rele68e m the carditlap- allwed al pwdaa, he Is not entitled to reoelve am 8 cmdit on @.%s four-tsar sentence, the ate yeara 6mePanthand alxteenda~ thfbthevas atlvge c~the cmdltloaoipardon. The 8~ lenthoftine rembiriedtolpe savedby~?elatar oaJ=e 20, 194 , 8 as a8 shy 4, 1939.
Triutizq thatthia iullye2wuer8 p?urinQulry, U8 ATT0tLIfE-f GTlNERAL
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