Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE Al-l-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honomblr W. H. Franka county Judgu
hulrd cotmty
Ysnard, Tesar
Dear Judge Franka: Opinion No.
Ret co1lnty in ax&d fOlWt38 - wneP..~entltleQ to $5.09 tee on plea8 ofCgti?ty‘..~ brltloa rhould be made or Y&JIo~& herewith your information a oopy of oplnlon Xo. O-23& oi thlm dsp:&mnt whleh holde, among other thlngr, t&t thr Comleelonera~ Court neither har the author- ity to grant a leave or abrenos to the oounty attorney to anter armed toroes nor power to dralare his orfics vaoant if he does enter the armed Soroes. Menard county, Texas, her a population or lore thae
EO,OOO inhabitants acoordlog to ths last preoedlng Fadenl OQ~SUIS.
i *2 Honorable 1. H. Page e
71% l a aum from your letter that lta oi$loora are oompenaatod OS a Sea baair.
Artlolea 1068 and 1070, Vernonca Annotated Taxaa Cod* of Cr5alnal Prooe4ur0, ma4 a6 tollowt
*Art. 1068. I? ths dafandant pleads guilty to a bhargs before a justice, the re6 allowed the attorney reproaontlng the Stata ahall ba rive dollars. Thr attorney rho rspraaeata the State in a orllsinal aotlon in a juatlo*'a oourt shall reodve, for each aonvictlon on a p1.a of not glltp, where KIO appeal la taken, ten dollara.
*Art. 1070. Ho fee ahall be allowed a dla- trlct or county attorney in any aaab whe.re he la not present an4 roprsssnting the State, upon the trial thoreof, unls66 ho hea tokaa #ciao aotioa therein the State, or la pramit and ready to represent the Stats at eaoh regular tera of the oouzt la whloh such crlmlnal eotlon la ,pendlngy provldad. that whe& ~leaa of guilt7 are l c oah d fn any Justleo court; at any hermtlms than- the regzzar term tbereor, the oounty attorney ahall reoelvr the au& OS tin dolhra. fn m oaar shall~the attorney, la oonal4rration ;;eamplmk or guilty nlait any part oi hi6 law+ul.
You are reapsctiully adrlsad that it Is the o~inlon or thla aepartmrBtt
#hero the oouaty sttorney~haa taken roam aotim In oaaf;*for the State in the jnstloa court ho would br antitled to the @LOO fee on a plea of guilt in the juotlce regardlsaa of whet&r ho was praasnt ln the ju+tloe plea war entmad. Bar oxample, ii rour court at tlmr court before he oountf attorn tiled a complaint in joatlor lsrt to Join the hnny he would the iXU0 ire l’r the aerenuant aubaequently Ilaad~ guilty.
2. I? ths county attorney ha6 not taken any aotlon in such a case and la not prsaent end ready to represent the State at a regular tcm of the juatlaa.oourt,an4 a defendant at suoh raylor tenit the aounty attorney would plerdr gallty- not be entitled to thr fea. Nor would t&s oounty ba ontitled to the See. If no fso is 4~0 the oounty ettornry it should not bo Ohar(SOa againat the a8rendant. : 1 1
HoBomblo W. H. F’ags S
3. If the defendant plead guilty in luatlo~ at any time other than ths retplar term 0r auoh oourt the attorney would a 45.00 iSa oven though hr was not prsaont and hea taken no aOtiOB in the onme
*y ~$Q-+ Wm. J. F‘annliq Assistant WJFrGO