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*Laws shall be made 66 sxolude fro&a offloe, BerVhg On jUrtf#sF Nid froI$ $&a right Of mf- frags; thoee who lMy haye besa or ahall hem- after bh aonricted or robberp; perjury, fOr&tlry, or other high ar3qr. . i*

i3oawrUo iL I. XoOlmln, Paw 8

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;, p,norable Vi. K. NoClaln, Paeo 3

*what does the oourt mean by thlm language? clearly that If tha Su6penQeQ S8DtwmI &r Qefaat6 or nulllfle6 or oonillat6 with S*otlon E of AHA- 010 XVI of the constitution, it WQuld be void.

~1s oonillot, l ooording to the court, would re- sult If a porron rho 18 the rmlplent of a l u6- ponded sentonoa rorild not 6tifer the dirabillty pronounood by this provision of the Co66titUti~.

III other words, to Seotlon E of Utl- aa applied ale 16 of ths Con6tltutlon, if besawo of anQ undrr the auspendmd rontenoa law a person oould hold office, 8erv6 on jurI66, and vote, notmith- standing hl6 having been adjudged gufltr of the orlmos msntlonsd, broausa hi6 6rnteabo had beon su6pOlldO&,TiOUbi not the eff*Ot Of th 6U6QOnQbQ rehtrnor law be to QUoat the purporr.o$ tha Oon- 6tltution? .Wiwoar, if the mrd *eonvlbt6di In * i Section 2 of Artfale 16 of the Con6tltutlon be

held to rae~~tbm l oertaimmnt ~anQ publle6tion a final aodrletloa, the dir- of guilt, rather than abilltle6 progounP66 by th6 Coartltutlon wrould be suffered and the l plrlt and purpose of 'Seotion Z of Artiolo la 16 ~aot violated by the s~6pendoQ '.

sentenoe lan.m

me ~MUOS in701~0d ~II pour queri06 WC&S itin 1~. ~lrou8ml, and l uthorltle6 thereon wore ~,urtod, in opin- : ba l?o. O-8698, uM we .oaolo’ao a aopt of said oplhlon for

tdur con6IUeratlon.

In vlon of the above olted oon6,tltutlonal an4 ota- tntory &ovlsions aad ~tha priao~pler aahuaiwd ia Opinion No. be698, w4 are ooastr~aed to hold that a pw6Oa who 16 oon- dOted or murder anil: given a rira year l unpdl4od 88ntenoe Fhioh I6 #till in foroe m4 Urud Im not auaflfIa4 either TV hold th. ofilos of tN6tWJ of a 0aumQa &&001 dirtriot or to exercise the right of 6tifrqw.

Very truly your6