an a wmtplciat in a juatiae a0uH Md 18 8ervlng hi8 tine and wart8 ln jU1, may he be tried m inseaity ohqps is- wed by the jwttlos court when hobeoaea insane?

*A8 perte1ophrxle umver~tloatodayvhsre defendtmt oonvleted an oaetplalnt in uatioe aourtls 8emingfirre andooetln j ail mad be- OorSe8ineMcbaS~hObQtcied~in~t7188lWd by &xetloe Court mder title Twelve, 0. C. P." Artlole 921, Title 3.2, of Vt?rnara8 Annotated Oode Of Cri8tinti Procedure prOYlde8 a8 fO110Wlt

*fPstutytlnta after ocmlotlonandby the murmur and method a8 ~hereiariter provided, it be nrde kuoun to the budge of the Court in vhichthelndiotmenthaebeen~tumed that the defendaut hsa beoome lIZL88rl0, SinOh em- vlatlon, a jury stall be empeaeledre in ordl- tt&Fy Cri?lLitWl aa t0 ,tw the Qli88tim Of in- smlty."

An lndlotnrentmu8tbe pPO8G&ltedW returnedbythe gcand jury to the di8tl'lCt court and not to the aounty oourt or en inferior tribunal. Article 393, V. A. C. C. P.; 23 Tex. Jur. p. $594.

mmlmble P.W.xlnter, Page 2 The jUPi8difltioa, Of $l8tiO%8 pWer rpd 4LutkuSlty

df the peOOe ace 8uah 88 UT8 and flsed by the &Xl8titUticar 8Wtut98. Artlole 5, Seation 19, of the Tex8a OaPlstltutlm provide8 ln part ae follawst bVe jUr18,biC- *&StiOe8 Oi the me Sh8,ll

t.iaD in CPlabti Prtttn'a Of Id1 We8 where the penalty or fine to be imposed by lav may not be more than tvohundreddolliwr, . , . .

A 8lmllar provi8lat 18 fowd in hrtlole 60 of Venrm's &lIOt~tedCOde Of~l'~l~oOedUI'e. b 8trteddtthe OpiniaSr in the 018e of ffinnOOhl0 Y8. S-to, 18&w. 82, theword umtl irr the C~8tltUtlw wh%eh acmvey j~lsdlatl~ uptm the justicea Of the p-8 *are 01Qr, 8tl'Ulg and mtlz'ely utmntblg- uoua." It 8ppelW8 t0 be Vbll f#blw 8Otthd in IS808 ia

Texa8 that, Under A&lOle gal, th0 M8tzlet OaUrt in vhlch a defcmduitwrs mnwlotedhm l urlwlvo jrtria,diotlaatotrythe 108ub Of iIt8tit.y 8ft.P O~*lOtlQl. Ibc pelFtO mwdn, 8. W. 4331 IDt parto Davenport, 7 8. If. (ad) 5891 JC8oue VI. State, 227 S. W. 483; Bland Y8. Pltate, 132 5. W. (2d) 274.

We h8ve baa unable to f&&d my 9~x88 c%ue vhlch either hold6 0 dl8ou~8es th e l ffeot of Artlale 921 in l aas0 where thedef~~tbewm88 ltmanetafterroawlotimln the jwtlo* oourt .

we8reortheopmPLthatlnlxliagthev~”j~ Of the OOI&Linvhi& the iJldlOtlWBIt~8 bemNtIlF¶ed," ti ktlole g!211 the Ugislatwe 2ntmded to llmlt the rppllaatlm Of 8Ud &tiOlO t0 O~YiOtlUt8 ti the di8trlOt OOUPt. ~OrhsX'e 18 th.m My l UthOFity in OithOP OUP om8titutLm Q 8trtUte8 or jurlsdlatlaa acmferred ian 8 ju8tlOe oourt to deter&n* the 1881~ of Mnity vel ncm or to uandwt luwy proaeeding8. If 8uch %mbmI'tMlt new bEagl8lhtUIW intended had tb Oaif8r powam upal jumt1ae OOUl’tS under the proYiual8 or AHale 921, it 1s onlyrersambla, to resumthatsuoh lntontlmwwldhave been expre88ed ia alear and unmWgtmu8 terns. 34 Of %WIMlr8 &ttXOtXt@Bd PtQtWl OOde PZ'OtideS, &?tlolO

among other things, thatt *3 Honorable P. W. Minter, Page

"Ho perSOIiVhobecamCr8 lnauleafterhe 1s found guilty eball be puulshed vhile ia such condltlon."

Aa ve uuder6tand the faetr submitted to u8 In your telephone oanversatlan and conflrmtd by your telegFrphic re- qU68t for OUF OpiplaO, the d8feXIdaUt 18 PCU 8erving OUt in. jui hia fin* Md 008tl a88e88ed OIt hi8 WWiOtioPr in jU8tiOIt court. You ftwther state that you are lnfortml att reliable authority that the defendurt la nov insane. It fO11OV8, th%FO- fore, that he 18 elltltled t0 hi8 8tatUtOl'y Pl@ltB rbleh 8&itle him to lnmmlty Rrom f+urther punirhmmt while he 18 h 8UOh (~1 Imrortmate oonditlm. Wills Ye are 0s the opialon that Art1010 921 le not hereltmbove mmntlaaed, v8 feel that

applicable, for the rw8otut 168lM or hlo in8aIkity vel neii Imy be detemlned under th8 prOYl8loPrS Of Title %! of vOIWXk'8 dnnotated OlYli at&tUt~8 relatingtothe r*gulu jitdlalalpme~in ~68 oflvmaoy. asittedbyJoU,hs8 ?HQ OCUpiotedad the jUd@WXtoi OQQYlO- tim ha8 booam rbu, Ye emi 0s the oplpian that he i8 no laxger *ohuged with a ttrlmlnttl off8fme' tlthln the a8a&lng of that tow as Used in &tiole 5561a. He 1s aen8equently subjeot to the l~azaoy prooeedinfl 88 provided in Title 9.

YOU are rO8~otirilly dvi8.d that it 18 th6 OphliC4l of t,hls department, mder the hot8 8trted, that th8 188Ue Of insanity zany not be tpled by the jU8tlce oourt ln whlah the de- r84ant va8 eanvloted and that lrald 5881~ may only 88 deter- mined by the oouaty judge In the mtmer propided in Title g2 0s Vel'Ikm'8 &notated Olvl.l Statutes.

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