60 me lo r..celpt 0: yiur letter of Aprll 96,

1982, whcreh 7% reluost our oglnlon in rerponse rollowing puastioa:

*In OQSO OS a Dllitrlot Court rordlot of tire days In jell end tine, jell eon- tenco being ailqmded, 1s such a convLotlon a final o~3nv~ctlon?w

Ke are advlscd that the oonvlotlon to uhlch you re- rer we6 opelrating ea outonoblle while lntoxlobted, upon a plea .of guilty to the ulthsut c jury. Artlola YZ, cell code, reads 68 rdl0-a: -4.117 perron who drlree or operetes an mtoBobile or any o?her mtor vehicle upon my ctrect or ellep, m eny other ;lace wlth- in thk 1icAts si en7 incorporated cit7, town. or rlllege, cr u;sn cny publie rend at IL@-

way la ttis St&to while such pereon 1s lnt8xl- c&ted, or in en7 deger under the lnrluerce of intozic~tlug llqx4r, ~r:.q:l upon canvlctlon be '- oqUlnea in ti.e penltextlary ror not more than two (2) yeara, be conflzed in the munty eil for not less then flra (5) days nor axe han hlnety (90 days and fined not less then c Firty Dollars ( b 50) nor more then Five Hundred Dollars ($500).* *2 Xonorcble Ronar Gmrrlbon, Jr., June 9, 1939, 1a6a 9

1Jt:cls TTb. 777, 770,.Coda of Crlmlnal l~roca- t!at ahom there lc a o~nr:ctlon of ny felony dure; jworidb .(clth Omrtmfn l xcm~timo) and the Punlshntnt aNes6ed the Jury 8hall nzt ascamd fire Tears, the 8hrll suspend 8antanco durln.9 rod bahmilor whara propar pplioatlon hmo been mnda and the jnry ilndo t:et the dmfmad~nt ha aot been thrNtofOm cxrlctrd of a talong anC m 8~cpeadrd aantmnoa Is mChNU+Lldad. Artic10 780, Oodr or Crlzlnal Frooedura, reads r0ii0wt “In n7 omea of uopondmd ea&ncc, at may the after the xpimtlon of tLa the oo- 8oseed ma ounlrimnt by the jury, the dafsndmnt may make hi6 wrlttm mworn mation c ?ICW trlml mad dlom~momlof 8uoh oese, stating tharm- In thrt olcce such fsrrnsr trial end conrlotlnn ho hmd nst baea omrlotqd of any felony, which .mtlm shell heard by thr o.urt durlng+he rlrc.ttsrrntif20 ftar 8eae is f:iad. Ir it mp- pears tb court, upon rush heerln& the dotmndmnt hmo not hom oonrldtad oi mny 2ther

,' fblsny, the court ihmll arar mn r;rder rmolting v the fmct. and rhtll grant tho defendant e naw trim1 nd shall then aloAm& aaid oauoo. Altar tto l ettl aside ma6 618z~rsml 3r sny juQcJlldnt of coarlct Y on a? hareln prmlded ror tact of l uoh oxvlctlon 8hmll not be ohan’cm lngulr- ad Into f::r any purl;osa ixcapt in chtas where the datondant haE b&an mgrln f+ raloay end lnrokes bensilt >f this 1mu.w In th:s 0.I. of Gordon TB. Stat., lti 6.n. (id) 1071, it we6 held thmtthe cuopsndad erallmble t- ~:ne con7lotad under Art1010 909, E'onal Code, sentence totutao arm mlthou& the FUllnOhkt l.nf110taa 10 m rid0 imprloon- mbnt in the oounty jail. Ia no OPN how6rar, ha8 it baen held thmt the muopwadotl mm;itonca rts&c ona ba applied in ouch a nay am to AUthOrtN l suspe~olon or jail maa- tanca onlp;whara punimhnmnt lnflictcd 18 a ilna mad 1r:prloon treat 13 the oounty j0i.L Articles 776 780, Coda of Crkrlnal ~~ocodurm, mra wholly lnmpplioatla to ruoh p r o cedure, Artlola 776 pre~ldro thet tho'oourt ohm11 ouo- pand uateaoo under &en oondltlcn8--not a psrt of oen- tsnca. Artlola 780 prorldao t&t mitmr the splmtion o: the period tha suspended sentence, m &?reaaantmmy~ka motion for a new trlil and dlmmlmoal of the omno, mnd If appears to tire court thatthe detendant hn8 nzt been convlotad or a taloay in the ~aawhllo, tha court 8hmll grent thr dofmndant a naw trlol end shall than dlonlos OBUOB. The indlctnant is not 8arermblo. A naw trlml uia okin nm granted only ln part end 00 caca dl~nlos~~d id part; !:o are olemrly c.f the oplalan thmt the o.mrt did not i have suthorlty to susgend tha jell Eantencq alone. Eiowavar, ware not ywgered t3 sty thst ruoh an error Mkoo the c.>n- r'rotlon wholly void. The euthorltlae mro oonflhtin2 mm to ahothor a jud@aat or ornvl+ion asoasslw a pttnlahmant leas thmn the otmtutoxy mlnlmu0 lo not JJ4a nhjority rier apparant- ly balng such a jud6nant4s%?t utterly void. 12 R.C.L. 1909; 16 C.J. 1511; 29 C.J. 61. ?n th*b 'Mate lo laaet ci Orlmlnat Appeal0 hue ravoromd three 0816~ tk &$pt judg-

lceats of contfotl~n where ths punishrant urns fired ate fina only, the punishment outh:rlzed by atatuto being by both The. Erlcn 'IS. Stmte, ZT 6.1;. (2d) 197; Thrums end lmpisommt. vs.&da, 211 8.1. q52;:2~se7 VS. state. 218 S.W. 1042.

Romrrble f!omer Garrlrsn, .V., .mns 9, li59, iace 5 amrt rbrarsad rmsndbd ost C~SSL, rsther imt thbt thnn dlslEl~sln(: the g;rs1*, lr at leE&t ,;m lnc.lctltl:.n 3: the Tim of the c.~rt such Judpntb VbTE g b;.~ppt;lbblO, l jUd?ILbnt mi6t flnrl. Is the 0~8b 02 TWIJ- ~a. St&b, thi d&de& ua? aonvlctbd 9 8 rbadvaear.or fixbd at 61 fine of $10.00. Yotloa l ac aado t3 dimrclBs mat the appeal on the 6raund that th Judtgnaxt did n>t c=nt.Gln a proririoa coPmsltting tbs defoJant until the fine and coat8 ubrb paid, FOlttiJIl taken by &t&e bo:ng that lt UGE not 8 final judhpxt. The court arr~r~lrd t3 dla- th. aatlon airs th e l ppaal. X0 qnate fraths opldon 8s ~follorr: -Lot us exaalnb Judmbata ln nlcdc-.ben5r eses iowhict beth gecu?!ary fine an3 kpr:rx-

rhtl;tltti l th e pU!liIJh?Mit. tUp>JEe the VetilCt t m 0r cloo, d 20 dbyr i.23 jail md up&~ that.n,rclat ‘judgmnt 1~ rntend be rolio~r~ *It tharbicm c~nsfderbd, or&wed, aad 0djudged the acurt that the rtata st Toma do hare and rbcwar of x. E. !d ilab 3r 61.00 ana an 03m oi thl* promautloni and that A.?& (being prerent in curt) be owcidtted to the austnd~ tko rhorlfS, who rho11 forth:xlth cmfim hip! In thb jail of oountr for 20 ds 8.' Would such Ju&ment be tm upm ruoh a iordlot, x0 th1nkitwzu1 i l hp p om, tharlrct part of this jubent be. anlttad,-that la, therm b no judgoent rot the &lOO b:t mo rar thi *rlco.smzit for 2C days. ::.a116 t 1s be (I fiacl )uAgnnt mthxizl?g the lsprlmamoat of defaadant t3r the ec: df27~:' Cortalaly rOuld be, and &?endant could not obtbin role 48 by habear carpu@ on the ~rsur.d that o.wrt had tallad glvo u rtetr ju4Qzsllt r0r a%lay. And th16 rmla ba tB 4001~41~~s ln a3 rar aa they 1r0 in ojnflict with fhlr oplnfoa, are o~orrulrb.~ EWrthsrly TS. 8tat.8, Brad02 TEE 6tak.+Id. tTt want ~6. 14'Tex. ,Q ;. 21; Tha mot'on to dlumhs the'appeel is ' faail;~. 824. . All judeor prsaent ooncurrin..~ '11th rosspot t3 bring final JuQaieat th oase bb- fore uo eands in e better bttltude probably t:en lt rxld hare lfthb cart had #iSWBLbd a iin8 only, In thlr oa60 _ .i tltq e9urt pron-imml a 10~81 Ju8.pent rixinK the punirhneat; at a ilre anC 1z;srlrcctmr.t In Iall. +be part of ths judgment attem$tlng to rurpsnd the jail rentmnar bclae crroneoue v.ould t9t necee~sr5ly reader tta Srrlo Judmmt told.. In CCSb pi iii&~ VC. I&&la, 184 6.K.. CM; involving an lectlm oontert, it booam moesacry to doter- n;ine whether .zr not .:nc ?;llbur Fctti Isa8 qualltiad rotor. Xe quote frx the oourV8 oplnlon sa rollour: Ybe oxut rxmd t:.at the v&or’, wllbur

:ord, and h:s punlrhment astrr~d at two year6 in the WBC cxvictcd o: a ibloixy (theft oi cclttle) thet he had not been pardoned, mar penltentLcry; h:s clvll rl&tm reM.orrd. Tha trial Jude hec auusprnd~d thb crd.enoe of tl.lr do:oadant undrr prorl~lonm oi ahopter 44, 1?oto or the Thirty-SeOoud bY&3ltitWe. This act, rrb0ting this partloular umtlon, w.8 helb unconrtltutlonal In the OQBO of ip nodgrass VI. State (Cr. Appb) 160 6.K. 162, 41 I,.R.n. (H.5.) 1144, snb in a. ccopsnlcn cam (Cr. App.1 150 6.b. 1%. The law wee amended and held csnstl- tutlonal 03 aocouu- or @e cltilnotlon of crrteln i.atU.*, in Eakor 1B* 8tMe. 70 TOX. Cr. R. 618, 1SE *4 Honorable R-r Garrison, Jr., June 9, 19939, la:b .~ thb cart

5. K. we. x* xrb Al~poMA~ to r0ii0* of Crlmlnal Appeala on thin quortlou, mad hsld th e mattaco of l rp~rlon vm ml&, ma t&t the toter wm not qusilt18A.w Thus IlArlAge TI. Bulla, muprm, the Court of Clrll Appmlm trmtod tha uawthorlxod l u#i~oamlon l bslng ~014 and &eve oiieot to tha fudgmont thb mm aa lr ao muoh eurponalon heA boon l ttapted.

Fo bra thr opinion that thb judwat in pub&ion lb . Tdid onb bb a&alnrt oollbtbrul rtkok ppmal. being atjbat bt bald. on motion for Obw trial tlnbl, on thbt suoh Omvlatlzz

In our o&ln:oo ?to. O-21, Abtbd Y~I-cl: LB, 1939, addram- a06 to LOU, mb hbld ruah a oonrlotlon ab the abolo lb not flnbl 0110 Where jUdput ib b8t bbidb nd tb ovum ia Ai@- mlsrod bitbr the bxplrbtlon oi thb bpbndbd 11111 ontonoo. So now qualffrthbt oplnloa a8 follouar Unlbbr prooaedlnga set- tlrg rlAb and Aluclrsln& tha bubo ware bad judmbnt Bum ties l e8 thb OOfITiotiM or during M xtenrlon of the tam, thr mb wild labfibotubi bnd jud&pnt would ba final.

Tcurll tmrr truly by (8l&1rA) Clana R. &uU Asal6tbnt Thlr opinion bar been conridered la aonforbnce, appror- ad, ordond noordod.

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