If pwd~bseot judgment shall rpeo’liy proper proew.e~~ It’ahall elro adjudge tho oortq a&rut tha defend- ant, and order oolleotioa thereof eII in other oasoa. Art. 797 (CCP) provides: A defrndant who ha# rbmalned in jail the length of tim rmqulrsd b7 judgiaent shall bb discharged.

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mMw in the 154tant aa88, the deiondant had bena in jail rufiioient lewth of t&m to disohargr the four months u4aGOnab coot8 adjudged a&aIMt hIa, this tlmb bavlng born pior to thb e8ntonoa and jud@a4nt served the Courti but the aourt*a jtigztsnt and l en- tonor via8 to the oftsat that he war to be #van tor thr tl!ae alrerdt spent In jell. No credit doubt, the purpoer of thr Ja@o In aaklng SbStbSO4 in this wa7 w&r to 4SY8 thb Oo\tnty the oolta of fssdlw the priaonrr any turth8r. on the ground that the tlmr

and hr aot8d thr dstendant hsd apent In jail was sag18 pun- Irhnsnt ror the OftbIbS 00!ludtt44.-

"Xindl7 rander 7dur opinion a8 to orheth4r auoh aotlon prt of the oourt Is p8mlr- alble, and If the otrlo8ra entitled to their half f488 In eueh lastanob." Tsxar

Art1018 758, VbrAOa'8 AMotatad Co68 of Grim- reeds as inal Prooodurb, r0ii0w4r

*If a 581 trial 18 not igantbd, nor judgment in felon7 oa aea, ontono8 shall bo arrested in the preronar of the drfaadaat at proamnosd t;lU4 i&tttiF thb bX iX’&tiOA Of thb tiS4 4lhw- sly, bd ror matiny the zot f on a 54w trial or of j-anti motion arrest

drianaant ha8 bssa triad tar an7 vlolntion zi thr laws of thr State Of ‘tbXa8, aOd ha8 bob5 oonriotad en4 has opp4aled from eald juQ48At ma/or sentenoe ot oonvlatIo5, and whore said dataa has brea arflmsd b7 the Court ot Crla- 1~1 A9p4414, and artsr rsoelpt of the mandate by Clerk of thb trial Oourt, thr judge IS suthorlzed again 0411 sald defendant bstora *3 BoAorablb E. B. Rltahbl, Page

hlla, and it, pondlag ppnal, dQt4lbdSAt ham oot a1444 bcrd or~eotsrsd Into tmaognl- zaaom bed ham raaainmd jail pendfng thb tlms of such appeal, meld trial judge may then in his discretion rm-48nt4no8 defendant, Ond frQin the OrigiMl sbAtbA04 racrp 8UbtIYOt PrOAOUnCbd UpOA t~hpe dBfbnd4& thr defendant ham lain In jail pending tb4 iBA@$h Of 4uch argeal; I?rorldsd, hountbr, that gro- vls~ona of this sot ah411 not Spp17 aitor eonrlotlza and 44nt4504 la folo~y oeaea IA ;;It;wbond or reim@&%eno4 i8 not petitted ([inderucorly

s .* ours) Opinion Xo. O-82$9 of thin departamt hold4 that a eheriti n&y not hold a darendeat for costs IA a sirdozear.or oaao whharr JudC7pant does not pror1d4 for oo4ta: ~4 en- 01043 tsrerith a 002~ ot ssld 0pI5105 lor 72ur ?afam5tIon.

Article 1055, Vernoo~m .imotated Tox44 Codo or Crlslnal Prooadaro, road4 Se tOlloWSt

“The gouatp ah1111 not be liable to offiobr and wItrise having oomta In a da- Qetsrdant p474 him the d~a~,sanor caao where oo.ate. T&m county shall be 1IabLo for am-half of the tmra of ths otflo8ra of the Court, rhbn tbo dm~sn~ant tail4 to pay his flns aLa lays his fine out In tte oountp jail or dlschwgss the mm4 by Jpsmna a? working such rlno out 05 ths coontp road4 or on an7 projoat. And to pa7 much helf of county cost*, the CouAt7 Clark shall lssus hla warrant 03 County ~tenaurar IA,.~ravor oi ruoh offi- cer to bs pnld out or ths %ad and Bridge fund 02 other funas otherwlae appropriated.*

You respectfully advised that it 18 th4 opinion of tbls de~ertnani, hrtlcls 768, Y. A. C, C. P., au?ra, judge to ~I04 a drfandant authorlzra tbb aountp oonvloted or a mlsdezmanor crcdlt hi8 osntenoe the, or 4n7 part thsreof, wbIoh said dstendant hmr apont In jail I5 said oauas, fron the time of trrast &ad oonflnement until hIa SSAtS5CB by the OOUnty jUdgb.

Ubnorabls 8. B. Rltohry, f?., ?a'age 4

It 10 oar rueher oplnlon tmai32 th, saotr rtated LA your 18ttW that th0 OfrlOM nOtid AOt b8 OAtitbd t0 half fees frtu t&o coqty under Article 106ll, V. A. C. C. P., su;lrs, ithor. jatl.?tiar was aerred nrlor and subse- - M tr~rL.aoO.gonriotfon.