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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
*BelleYing that the iqertl~@ or the infoaaatlon aboat U8 tatontlan oi ?iU.q thaD ocmplalnt by the Ceputy, *to., nap hwo wfi0d to oon8titutr an erred, tha Xustiae of the Pease aI.Lowd the arnatlna; ia, oi ter aotitment raleam. $8.00 but dlrraUowed any isa Th& deputy had mado a return on the warrant ohar,&q $S.OO for 6rrfmt, $1.00 for o6nmitmont end 41.00 for rOl@(U**
‘(a) +a# t& deputy entit1.d to the $8.00 I
Ron. AlSX mllg, page 3 &Ul5tatbd &‘tiClb 1066, VOW’8 TO-8 t?bdO Of
Crimimt> Prooehre, read8 in part a8 folla8: "The ?ollorinfJ ?808 8htil be alhW8d thb BhWiti, OP other peace offioer perforahg the oeuw B8miee8 in mlsdekanor caeea, to be taxed against the de?muWat on convic+don:
"1. For exeouting eaoh Mrrut o? wrert 812 onp%ao, or @Using uTe8t WithaUt WaXl%IRt, two d@l.larr,
* . . . "6. Tar eaoh OomitmbRt er r*18Ci8., onb bol1.u. . . ." AFtiOlb lo66 V. A. a. a. P*, &#?4, prb8clribO8 rbb8 60 be peld oherirrr rrnd other pbaob of?laoIW, 00fkaitted up& the &~~?or&aaaoe of c b rtaln l Bt8.
*A per8on is bald to be arroated whm he ha8 aatually been gleoed under restraint or taken into ou8todt bp the person sxebutflng tihb warrnnt or nrrb&.* orri~r
Arrtmt on a oriminal ohar@e ha6 been defined 811 tthe qprehending or deta1nia.g or the per8m in order to be iorthecvainy to enewer an alleged oc suqmoted 8&m . . .
In orlminal oeeee the gurpoee km to arrsure the enewor o? the epprohe&ed pbraon to % ebrgo of the eolPrPiesion o? orime." ‘3!UX&t8 ;Turlegrudeneo, Page0 %%%%o) (4
Bon. Alex Sun&, page 4
*A poaao of?iaor or any other p8r8on, may without w&rraRt, arrest an offender when the OrftBQ80 i# mm- m$ttedin his prosenoo or withZn hI.8 vie*, ii the offon . is one o&mod a8 a felony, or au up 'oftoaao againat
the public poece.(* (4 Tercra Jurisprudenao, Boat&on 6, p. 745.1 Th5.e dopartmnt hoe I'opsatodly XU18d that 8h&?i?f8 and CixMtables are not ontlt .+I to an arrest roe Un2088 a arrest 1% aOtUally i&%14" and h8aS likewlao hold that 8U8h bglal E
oftioora are not ontltlod to a oumuitmunt in wxle88 aa aatual and legal ommitnent is made.
Opinloa Wo. 03788 deals with arEo8t, oummltamt 8&d xolea8o i-8. WO QUOt@ troer Slrid Opi?biOiS a8 fOlbU8,
The eonrtable i8 batitlti to $ft.oo tar MOh &&‘88t iaeb. a$ i8 WItitlOd t0 110 ?808 fOX m@gd errosts. The C3OIX8ttIblO iS, attu8d t0 $mC fbf OUOtr$i~ -a.
rnoh valid t%om&teunt ia ti8d OamJMr oaBe8, m* OOUitE8At iaruo8 only after oonvictiaw of a dr?ondanb. The *6om8lt- msntg authority ?nr ir~maBentt whioh th8 ran8tablo oa808 where a 3b8Ouai8~ ueoutm Ia ni8d-MOT rho ha8 boon adjudged agabot s+ dofeadsat, and when the Uafendant is present, fs a oortifiod Bopy of 8Wh jud~nt, a8 out- lined by Artiols T89, C. C. P., oupra. If lo 8uoh Oa8o the defsndmt be not pr88~t, the capia8' authorirod and de8cribod in Artlolos '1&3 and '109, G.O.P., 8Npm, i8 *hero tb* the *oo~amlBmsnt‘ wbioh the @W8tsblo OSoQUto8. judgslrnt is jail, Artiol~8 YQb md W3, iaprl8onaent in supra, apply, a38 the *oom&tmant* in woh oa8.8 rotid be either B oortifisa espy e? the judlIpla8nt ot a *oaplu*r Pop-dent upon the faot8 in~olvod thareia. The oon8tablo would oxomito $ho 'eotitsont' by plading the defmdant in jail as diroated in the orUor; when thte was dona by rlrtuo of a valid. oonmitmant t&a oonstnble would have earned his Pea :iad be entitled thereto, if, as end when, BMB was oollsoted. *5 The oonetablo fe net sntitlad to a rslscaae
“4. f&s unless he ka the defendant in his aotual and legal ouetod at t?ie tlm the defendant pays riis Pine and _t_g: 608 ai or eatisrles 8em6 br 1ia~im-x It out lzi Sail and the oonatable then nnd t&m k&see the deiesdant f xca th e r0r ce and l ffeot 0r B juLe;went restraining him.
Thll tsm 'relemne' oontmi;llatss 4 full, final an8 oam- plot@ rel.~aee and disahargs fxom the jude;nent restraining the defendant."
You state in your letter with rsterenee to the alleged erxeet that *the deputy had aalled the attention of saoh party to the Paot that he wea going to file the oompldnta but did not aotuelly take either into oudxAy, nm did lm take a bond.* YOU also m&s in your latter that the deputy 8befirr procured a waxrent but never ror?& ft. Clef&~, the aere statement of t&e deputy rheslfl that ha wae going to file a oomplaiat would not oonatitute a13 amftb.
Slnos the de ty #briif aeither arrested, ooeualtted nor ralearod the, derc ant he could not la*riully a1al.m tee8 IF
rm tmme.
You are tharefofe respeoWuul.l$f acMead that under #a hot.8 stated the deputy shariif rrould not be retitled t0 U~Y reef9 da50dver.
Vary tl$JJ yours
