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*1 on October 2, lodb, rroy Alexander **I *on- mitted to the Oklahoma &.enltentlety to 8eme tern 0f r0rty (4O) yeere. on aan* 17, 1931, ha ma glwn a oondltional prdon, th.oondition, being that ho should le*re the State of OklahOM and aoaduot h-elf uprightly. H* OU to Ter*e and on Mroh 30, 1935, ~8s oonrlotod in GO WI** of rorg*ry, r*o*iring o onour rent l *ntino** of rir* ]rsars, and was admitted into the penitentiary April 10, 1935. Thereatter, 0~ July 81, 1988, tlu Covernor oi Oklahoma revoked the oondltfonal pardon *nd issued * nqui*ition for the oonrlot4D return. The covernor of Tom* &rant*d Oh* re- quirltion and Alexander was dellvored ta agent8 or CklahoM and returned to that Stat0 to reawe his aervitudo there. Held, that lthoough the Oovornor oi TexaB
me without authority to honor mqul*itlon under oiroumt*n@** 8ad the conviotr# do- lirerl Mlahonm wao without uthorftr Of law, hie Tomb sentenwo have oontlnurd to run, and lurthrr, that it 0cuntin.g overtime earned and nlth oredit ior good behavior hie Toxaa rentbnorr kwe rpirod, he is entitled to ~50.00 dleolur6e aonoy.
OPBICB OF TN3 All'ORMEY OWEW Honormbl* 0. J. 7. I?llln&3On oenem1 KAnewr hue PrieOn System Huntarllle, Teua
oaar sir:
opinion NO. o-lP55 no: whether unexpired portion of Teue sentmoe or onviot ln- o*roexat*d penlt*nti*ry who m. delivered to LP- thorltie* oklahau to *em* aentenoe in thnt Stak should eonefderod aa harlng bean aened upon xpi?ation oi th term or hlr *eatano*.
?ron your letter an4 an indbpbndent inroatiption or oriielel dooumnte OD file in the Offlee of the 8eoretrry or State, we are posaeaaed or the iollowind iaOt82 *2 Honor*ble 0. 3. Z. Rlling*On, JOnuary 05, 1910, PO&O E On ootober 8, 192b, Roy AlOundOr war oomai8tOd to the stat0 Penitsntisry or 0klOholw to *one l terr of forty y e era upon l oonviotion or lum*lOughter. Ey l xaoutim pro- olwtien or ~orrrnor uurr*y dated June 19, 1951, Aleunder wOe grantad l pOrol* oont*i& nunbar or eoaditioM, 0Iu or euoh being hi hould iorthrith 1eeTe thO 8tat0 oi okl*hau nd that "he hould *ll wOy8 OOndUet hkself *a an upright and lrw sbidin6 oltfxan.w Alennder thereupw BMB the state or T0u8 UI& on uaroh ZOO, 1088, wea oon- Ti0t.d in thO i)iUtriOt court Of 8Orribon oowty in two OObeb or torgev nd Oentenoed to serve 8 tara or five ~aam. Ha w08 reoelred in the pOnitentlOry of Tex*a on April 10, 1936. on netloO or thin oonriotion in Texas, the prole wa* duly Z.TOk.6 by the Chief ExOOUtiTO Of Okl*homn nd 0a July al, 19% kiorb the xpiration of the TeXW p rleon l entenoe, l s@rl*nd dirmoted to the reqn~*itloa M* iasuad bl Owerwr omerner or Texas. OQTOrnor Allred grantad the rOqui*ition an& Lamed hi8 Oxeoutire nrmnt, rheroupon the prlmnbr ‘IID dellnnd to the de*lgn*tbd gant or tha stat* Oklehome and teken to that State for rurthar panel sonituda. No. prdon reprlers or prole ~8 imbued oonaernla6 thm oonTio- tlonb in mrrlron county. The oonviot AltaxOndar h@Tin~ baaa oontinuou*ly oon- fined in thO ;itstO Fonitantlary oi Okl*hon* alnor hi* dalirery to Stat.8 on Julr 83, l#U, and *till bein(l so e~nfinad undar hi* 8iorOaaid oowiotioa in tb*t 8t*ta, you requert our o lnion in ub*tOnoe ** towhathOr tha unelrpiped portloa ol hp a Teur anteno** her been running oonourrentl~ with him Okleheme entenoe and *ether tha 8tete owe? him tha iltty dollar8 dlaoharge money. It baa baen held t&et on* who, whili ou parole,
(lob8 into mother *t*ta end oomitm aa oimb8e for rhioh he ir entenoed, beoomb * fWitiT8 iron jurtloa rrom the that atate upan revooation ol the &mob, and when euoh pro18 la rbTOked, oo:lTiot beoomea aubjaot tm xtaditiOn. Ex prte XoBride, (Californi*, Ct. ot App.) 101 Gel. App. 851, ax part8 willlanr, 10 Okle. Cr. 3d4, 136 Pao. SO7 51 L. R. A. (B.S.) bb8i Ex part* Hamilton, U Okle. Or. 583, i7S Pea. fx3bJ Drlolull V. Spiegel, 6E Cone. ddl, 3b A. 030; 38 L. R. A. y[ % pa;? Carroll, 86 Tex. Or. R. 301, 117 s. W. 380, 6 . . . The general rule in the majority of o**e* studied in other Jurl*diotionr *ppeOre to by that if, t Uu tima raqulaition the Governor of one atat ie made ow*rnor another etet* ror the dellr*ry of rUgitiT0 rr0a jwtiob, the rUgitiTE 18 in th9 ouatog oourta or the wytw atate under * ohergo oi oiren*e egalnat it8 Iem, the Governor thereof lo not required aurreader euoh rU&itlTb yi&;l arter ths ju&gwnt of the oourt of that t*te ID *tie- Sob Poop161 I. Klingar, SlO Ill. 875, 140 8. E. 799, 48 A: L. P. 681; Taylor v. T*intor, UJA.) 16 w*ll. 3bb, 81 1. Ed. HI7, 4 Am. ROD. 58; Opinion 0i Jrutloe*, 801 MaDa. bOo9, 84 L. R. A. (N.S.) 799, 89 N. E. 174 EX ~Wte Xobba, at TBX, Cr. Rep. 3U, 40 A.m. St. Rep. 788, 04 s. w. lOs6. Ii the l*r of the btmtb in rhioh bylum h* be.* sought haa been riol*ted br the rugitlra. and &a &a been O0nTlOted tbers. la under&oitq bentenee dwnd* ot tfu Uw thub Tiol*ted umy by tlrat wtibrieA beron obedienea to the oouetltutlonal proTiiidn to surrender hla *rlaea. *3 Eonorrblb 0. J. 3. 3llingson, January 86, 1940, PO88 5 -UT T, k?angam, 145 c-a. 57, 63 9. E. Mb; Conrt V. wolf, 185 In&. SOL), 112 hi. E. 2411 Peopla v. SOnhO& 71 MibO. R*P. 345, 188 N. Y. r:upp. 610.
Jn hObOa* oorpus prooeodinge bmucht by tku romeo- tire prlsonarr, our Court of CrlminOl Ap l la in two OOeab haa held thOt tbo Governor Or our St*te KT a no power grant l xtndltlon or O person l gOinat whom Ori&Ul prooeadine* era pen&in& until the prooaodinga are disposed op. Xx part8 --Aobba, 22 S. W. 10361 Bx perte Mo~ni*l, 17s S. W. 1018, In * letter opinion written bl Aesirt*nt Attornby Qeaaral Blbort Boopar to Honorable Gee. W. JOhMOn, DibtriOt Judge, on March 97, lW1, it WOO held th*t the panitontlary *Whorl- tie8 of thlr State are not authorized to rOlr*ae pOreon OonTiOted Y reiony in thib stat0 bororo hi8 aentonoo la andod, xoept by the lntonontlon of xeOutiTe olamenoy. Letter Opinions Attorney cmerel, Volume ZM, mg* 8. me already indioetrd, ii the oonriot had had tha
opportunity, tha BLOW and the doriro, ha oould h(rvo raquir- ed the pOnltontisry authoritlar or Texas to retuin him in thie Stute until the completion or the anteneea iapoaed upOn him by the Dlatriot Court or B*rrlaon Oounty. Fwm raet that Alexander w&a taken from the TOXW pOnltbnti*ry to Olclahcu~ upon On xtr*dition warrant, rather und returrd thOn upon wOlvOr, it would ppe*r that tha oonrlot~a oon- sent x*8 obtained ror hi* removal. On July tS, LOW, AlexUidOr w** entitled to renain in the ponitanti*rJ of this st*te ior thy oomplotion or hi8 T*x** *ontanoe*. without ny rault OII hi* part, he was taken rrem this peaitentia~ and dblivbred to the authoritiee ot othbr taw for oontinwd sonttuda in that atate. Sinoa that timO he by* beon halp his aonituda oi the Barriron Oountr eataaoem. 1888 to ranume Ii*70 hi8 TexOs **ntenoo* been boned or nwt ha ba oonrldrred a* an l aoap? In the cam of Ex purta Laweon 8bb 9. 111. 1101, tha rO0tb ma-0 08 r0ii0~0: On February 8, 16E1, the relator ma OOnTiOted of * Bedera offense Ond ooademwd by inpriaonrd ror a period or one year. while iapriaonad nndrr this Judp mOnt in ouatody oi offioara or the united Etatoe, he ma, hbrwry 8b, 1921, brought hiore the Dl*triet Oourt or El FUO County, Tonr, urd upon * plo* of guilty wua OOQ- riot84 n 0rr0m0 gainat thO lawe 0r thib suto and giron a aantenoe of firs year8 in tha pnitontl*ry. The bentenoe provided that he *hould k, dolivsrod by thO bheriir oi Xl Paeo County to thO aupOrintondont or the pnltentlary to OBRO buoh bbntenoq. It *r* *ilent ** to whether it should be oon- ourrent with or oumulatire oi the POdera entanoa. HO wa* Ot onoe n-dslivorod to United Stat88 Miorltiee and by thu oonfined in priaon ror oxhe year. Thbnaftar ha aerved nou& tb in the StOto pOnitantl*ry to OOmPlate hi8 boa- tonoe ii giron or*dit ror the tiler *pent in the We&era1 pri*on. HO riled *II *pplioution tor ait or h*)ub oorpua thu*~prorenting the iaaue *a to whether he should thtu JY- oairo ore&it for tha,period or hi8 im lronmant in tha Nd- er*l penltanti*ry. The court of Cri ~1 App0*1* ordered lar the ral*tor reloa*od imr owtodr ray14 "exoapt fn awe8 of l aoap o of the priboner tter oonriotion we era nra ot ni in*t*nooa in whioh it ha bsoa judioh~ deter- mined that ha mmy bo held prieon aftor data on whioh bib term or imprisonment would expire oountiq ite bO&nnin6 rrom t& date the judmnt or oonriotion renderad beoru rumi.- *4 Hoaor*bl* 0. J. s’. xllia$aoa, J~num’f 88, 1040, Page 4 Conaodlag thnt in I.anoa oese, npra the the 3tate l uthoritl** mr* oompl1.d to drlir*r the &on.r to tN United BtatOa authorltL**, dOW it Mk. .a, dlfr*r*nO* la thr pr***at *me th*t the Clor*raor of T*u* may aot h*v* kea uthoriaod to graat the requl*ltlOn or Okl*&#~ nd th*t th* *iff*l*l* or the Tuar penlt*atl*ry rhould aot hv* do- ~lvv~~oAlunador to the *goat* or okl*homa? HI do nnt be- In the 0880 of In rb Jraalap, 118 Fad. 470, opla- ion by th@ Olr*ult court 0l Apgmaln, Al J*nalng8 ww ooa- Tibt*d 181 oae 16d0ria Dmriot c0urt or th orrbme or u- uult nlth latent to nurd*r and 8ent.ao.d to ..rv. . term or rir0 ywr. t hard labor, WA* s*at*ao* prollding that tbr marhall or th* oourt rhnuld d*llr*r aim to the pwilt*nti*ry the watsaoe. Iamtwd or obeyin 8uoh or&or', r0r aerr -We &w&ml1 dollrerrd th* priaoaw to tb Unlt*d st*to* bi*r*kall *not&r dlrtrlot. In *uoh l*tt.r dlatrlrt he wa. th*r*upon tri*a r0r mother orham, w** ooarlot*a d IpLpria- onod under uoh ooaviotlon. Th@ quwtloa a* to whether JMainy tiould reoeirr oredit on hia rim s*nwlo~ ror tlw spent r~lag the wooad on* war prrs*ntod la * iub~r oorpw proebodia~ rad tho oourt holdiad ho ehouLd #o aweire wait oredit ho na ordered dluhar~a. we quota
rr0~1 tha 0001t'~ 09iniOa 8~ rouowt "dm th* mar&all fop th* Borth*m Alstrlot or Indian TerritOrl wt*d illr&l~ ana wlth- out nrraat 1*w in urawld*riag th* rlroab? l owtod y other tha of th6 war ba oi the 1 pmitatiWy at ?t. Lewmworth the 1apulSy a- rlem whothor euoh rron#ul ooa6uot on tb part or tti 0rrioOr urpnd*d tka opr*tloa 0r tiu end prarbatbd it ir on l rplrla$ br l*p** WatMw, or the. This question, la ay judgmat, rhould la tko aegativa. M i*,r rth* poti- be l snrbd ti0a.r 18 OOIIC~~W~, hie rl&ta wm cuurr*ot0d by tha 111.& aOt oi thb Of'riO.?, uld the 04#e
awt b* tz**t*d pra*l**ly *a ii the rr*hall had diaoharmd hi8 duty ocordin(l to law, br ooamit- tla6 prlaoau to the propr owtodp. Ii maYn&ll ha6 mriorwd his duty, body or the Would h.Tb boon db1iTW.d WithOUt da- DOtitiOWr lay th. WFdbn Or the pmlt.ntiary at Ft. LUT*aWorth. Th. ~tltloner'* t*rm or inprlroa- rat would la tMt bT.at haTO MO& 0o~put.d rm the data or hi* **at*ao*, Junn 4, 1098, iruamuoh wu t*y*d l thm xooutloa or the waknoo the •D,Z.@l~ aad doduotlnd C& all-00 in him r4TO? rot gOO& bbh.TiOr &t the rmti Or tn) math0 per yam, a prworikd b tlu rOdO?OL 840, 0. 599, i 8 RI. 9. a0.w. 8tmtUtu (135 stilt. St. 1901, D. 3737) ), hia tOZ%Q Or i89ri#Omwat would hare mrp1r.d prior to tha tiu !vMn hir pllo*tioa for the pr***at writ vm* rll*d. In T 0-41 Or th0 OirO~~tu30u Or th* OU*, it mIUt P r~ pmunud, in rrtor or thr pri~o~r. tht b WOtiId,MTb WrWd his l iitW800 Or tbb rO? pod b*ti@TlOr, He has la raot boon in otual owtody, und*rgolag lmprl*onmeat, lao* Jun* 4, 1898,-- a mrt Of the tiw %IX jal.1 at brdnrot* in thb Iadl*a T*rrltory, b mrt or th9 th La bun- ft*ati*ry at Columbw, Ohio. urd rrnll portion *5 xonor#ble 01 J. s. Xlllagsoa, J#nu#ry Ed, 1040. P.g. 6 th. tlms in the rOd.r#l p0alteatimy at tt. L..T.aWX+h. It mtt0r. not that durln6. p0r- tioa or thO t&O dUrla6 whioh h. h## k0n ooa- ring8 h0 ~OS been hold ortba#ibly r0r .# orrbau othm tbm that ior rhloh h8 n8 OrlglMlly ooa-
rioted. III the OyO or thb l#r, h0 h## #ll th# tlru b0.n #Orring out the #ontono that vm# Ia- po80a on him for #a ####ult with lnt.at to *ill, b.#aue. no mlnlsterl8l OiflObr, dirokyln& tha madata of the oourt, aa ualawfally *urrba- 'd.rlag him into another owtody that whbr8 than Seloagsd. aould musp.ad the rumlag & rightfully of th. seatmob for that oif.n#.." In the case of Stith T. Svope, WOrden, 91 hd. Znd &SO, it 1.n hold wh.r0 . mr#h#ll rho h.d ouetody ot # #oatbao#d prl#cner was ordered to dbllT#r him to pri#oa forthwith but h.14 pr1son.r 1x1 oourrty jail #ad wrrmdered him to #t#te ruthorlties th. prlrioarr'r 8onlo. oi o.at.noO m# d0u.d to,b.gin #t tia8 00mit08at bad 0w0ay thOr.- under r#tlur than #t d#tO of tu.1 oommlt#mat l tb r prlr- onor's pwol. by #tOtO Outhorltl88. ?room th. opinion or th. Ciroult Court, WO quot. a* roil0w#f -"The 10ast to whloh # prl#Oa.r 1s at1tl.d I# the .outlon or the #batenob or th. oourt to wh08b judgmat he is duly rubjoot. Ii # mlal#- t.rl.1 OffiOOr, 8uOh .# # m#rOh#l; oharmd with thb duty to %XbOUtb thb OOUTt'a Ordbr#, fall. to orrry out ruoh ordbrO, that trllure o#naot k oh#rg.d up agsiant th. prl#oaer. The prl#- on.r i# #ntitlOd O.RI hl# tb promptly ii 8uoh l# tis judgmat &po80d, and h. mu& b# d00#1- bd to be .brvln# it iroru the dat. h,. 18.ord.r.d to serve it and in la the oustody or th# aurrh#l ua4.r th. oomltswat, if, without hl# rault, Ilar8h#l;noglects to pl#o. him in th. proper OUI- tody. Any Other holdlag would gIrb,tho mr8h.l mlairtOrla1 ofiloer, power mr. arbltrrrp .nb o#prlolou# than #ny known la the 1~. A prl#on- r sratonoed for oaa Jw.r pJ&ht thus nquirad to welt rorty uador the 8hadow oi hia Uaebnbd eatoaoe bsrors it plea~~w the marrbal to inow- oorat. hl3r. Puoh #uthorlty l# not eT.a grant.4 to oourts or justtoo, let ~1onO their mialrter- hi 0rriobr8.- In th. calm 0i Whit., W8rd.n r. Pwrlmn, 4S Fbd. (Zd) 788, thO TBX## state P.alt0atlary ~8 db#lga#t.d .# th. plaob i0r oonfla.mat or . y0dbr.l prl#oab# aoatbno.4 term fire y.#n iagrirommnt. At the bad or three yure, nrdon di8Obrgod priwarr with th. #t.W#t thst his resord showed that t& 8eatbaob 1.8 only thme yurs, lthcqh the ooariot told hir hl8 8*nt.a0. m. ror rive ybbro aad that there must b. 8om mf8t8kb. Th. 8ubJb.t r.- #t#bll#hod hl# home wrb than tvm ywra later ha ma adTie* that he ivail wat.4. 8. th8reupon returned to T.ur and ~88 bommltted to Lbarbawrth to 8anb rut oi hl8 0.nt.n.w. At the sad or aa ddltional nar*s unlob, he appllbd'for . writ of t~k.. oorpu8 el.imln(r or.dlt i.r th8 tb pult out of conflnbmeat. Tha nit 1110 gnnt.4. WI *6 Honorable 0. J. 3. Xlliu&.oa. Janwry 85, 1940, P.60 6 qwtb rrw thb opinion 0r th. Cfroult Court . . r0ii0w88 is laquq* -Thee la QU or the oplalon* ia th. *bore eww whloh, taken rrom it* .*ttlng, the posltioa or tha nrdaa no m.t- ~upportr ter wk8t th. olroum8t.aob8 prlsoabr sbrvb muot his tLu, or leplly dl8Ohar#md. u~~lsm prdoaed opinion. mubt b awad .g.iwt the baokgrouad
4But 0r thb r80t8; and thb raots la none or tb. ols.4 bs8u ramoh the o.w .t Mr. we h.Tb hub . 0.8. where the prisoner vf.. relwwd without hult oa hi. pmrtt he oaaa@t fairly be ooa.ld.rbd as ui . . ..p . parole violator. Furtheror., hb o.llWd .ttentloa to tti8 mi.t.ke bblng I@&. wd w.. brwhed asld.. 88m8, sub#taaom, bjdi0d t'rw th. penitbntl.rg. 'A prisoner h.. .OM right.. A batbao* or y.8r. mt3.w * ooatlnuow abat*a0*, wl*** riTb iatbryuptod by wwp, riol.tloa prolb, or MW rut of th. prisoner, 4ad k8 owwt ti rb- qufred to .erve it la last.llm8at8. Cbrtslaly
. pri#Onbr should hrb hi. oh.nOb t0 r*-.#t.b118h hlmwli *ad 11~0 down bl. ,Pst. Yet, uad.r th. strlot rule contended for by th e wsrdba, l p ris- oabr ~atonae6 to rlre y**ra mlgbt k rbls~sed in 8 ywr; plok.4 up. ybar l.t*r to servb thru moathm, *rid .o on ad llbitum. with th. rwult th.t he 1. loit without bT.n . hop. or k&tln# It la Oar .onclu8loa that rherb hi. my tick. la dlsoh.r~.d irom pen*1 ln*tltu- . pri8oabr tloa, without say ooatributlag r*ult on hla part, and Without riol.tfon ooadltloas 0r porolb, tMt hl. sentoaob ooatlawr to run rhil. he is at liberty.”
+Sbb *la0 Alborl v. U. ;., MT Fed. 314; 16 C. J. 9. AMrnrlag the first ret oi your qwstlon, it is
our opinion th.t A1bx.nd.r~. Tbx.8 .WntbnOb. k.n bwa rw- ‘kb 8bOuld nia# #inOb th8 OOnViOt’S 4biiT.q t0 okhhou and beeezoz credit aooordla&ly, rlth prop*= llo*~w ror good wb WI addrsmr our.blrw to the soowdprt of your qu.*tloa. ArtlOlb 6lbbI-1, Vernon'. Annotated Cirll st.tutor, read* .B r0imf8: "When . prisoner is entitled to 8 dlSOh.r@ frw prison, he or she *Ml1 be ruralshod with . urlttba or printed diSOhSr~8 rrom the maaqpr, with rrl itlx.4, 8lgard th. pIa.gw, &i~lag prlwa8r~r a-, a ate o r l wt*aob, rrw rPat ooua- ty rantbnoed, wwat of oomwt.tloa rsosivs(L, lr .ny tlu tndr he ha lwrasd, li .ay, his pro- il&noy la wm8, aad swh dr.orlptloa .a ry b. pr.otlwble. Suoh dlnoh.r~d pweoa 1h.11 bo fur- nirhbd with . ¢ outfit of oltlua~. olotkla6 or 6006 quality *ad rit, .nd two .uit. ua&br- wear) sad when . wrson sad/or ooarlot .otwlly sbrvbs over oae year, he ah11 rboelrb Fifty Dol- lars ()50&O) la money in .ddltlon to say manby *7 tionOrabl0 0. 3. ,s. ::111n;:son. JTsaua+y es, 1940, P4ge 7 held to his or her cradlt. provided th6t if do.8 6ottmlly l rvm gbr8e11 and/or conricf
~otu par flat time, he wl1 not rrcelm FUty Dollar4 (SFO.00): but rbrting leas than one year actual tti ehall in lhu ttmreof a porron rboblrb mbnty-five ($25.00) DoIl4re In moray in addition to any oloney held to his or her oredit and'& decent outfit of oltizen'r oloth- lng of good Cublity and fit and two sultr O? providbd that uudwwear, ii tb 4OtUal tti awlfed. xabbda ten (10) y~.rr, ths sum ct 1110ney ah411 ba Seventy-tire DOll4ra ($75.00) 4Ud ii thb mZtU4l ti;ne 6bFVbd bXO8bdS tWbttty Iti) ,WW#, the sum of money ahall be One Hundred Col14rs ($100.00). is fhr ~(1 may be praoticabl. tN Erlaon Bo4rd may authorlab a crb4tion or . BU- rwu rbr the purpose or placing dlacharmd prlr- onera in oonneotlon with uaploymnt, prorlded w&h Will not be Yn bLtZW .rFOnW t0 the ?'ris- 011 SyBtbY." 3r cour~ting oontlnuou~ 8brTiOb Sin00 April lb, 1935, With oredit, if any, aoorulag for comaat6tlon b6mrP and orbrtlmb berorr 1bbViW T*x4*, Roy xlbx4nd.r's rwItenosr h4v.s xplrwd, thon the Ctete ox(ls him the fifty dolL4rr dir- ch4rg9 mowy provided to p4ld by the above 8t6tuta.
Yours rbry truly ATTOWiT OXt&L OF TEXAS Thla opinion has been Oonsidbrrd la Oontorbnco, 6pprorbd. and order4 rboordad.
