Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a judgment of conviction in a misdemeanor case, punishable by imprisonment and the defendant was too poor to employ counsel and the court failed to appoint counsel to represent him, is valid or void, and related questions.
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Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a judgment of conviction in a misdemeanor case, punishable by imprisonment and the defendant was too poor to employ counsel and the court failed to appoint counsel to represent him, is valid or void, and related questions.
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Texas Attorney General Opinions
An attorney general opinion is a written interpretation of existing law. The Texas Constitution and section 402.042 of the Texas Government Code grant the attorney general authority to issue attorney general opinions.
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-598,
text,
February 7, 1966;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth269017/:
accessed June 18, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.