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AUSTIN 11. TEXA
April 10, 1964Hon. Charles H. Bolton
County Attorney
Bosque County Courthouse
Meridian, Texas
Dear Mr. Bolton:Opinion No. C-239
Re: Whether the defendant in
a misdemeanor case pend-
ing in the county court,
or his counsel, have a
legal right of access to
the names on the list of
prospective jurors sum-
moned in accordance to
the procedure provided
in Article 2117, V.C.S.,
before such jurors
report into court on the
date for which they have
been summoned and related
question.You have requested an opinion of this office on Article
2117, Vernon's Civil Statutes, under which Bosque County
selects its jurors. Your questions follow:
"Does the defendant in a misdemeanor case
then pending in the county court, or his counsel,
have a legal right of access to the names on the
list of prospective jurors summoned in accordance
to the procedure provided in Article No. 2117,
V.C.S. before such jurors report into court on
the date for which they have been summoned; and,
does the county judge have the discretion to
legally grant or refuse defendant's request to
obtain knowledge of who has been so summoned
and to make such information available to defend-
ant for the first time when his case has been
called for trial?"
Article 2117, Vernon's Civil Statutes, provides:
"At any time when the Judge of the County
or District Court needs a jury for any particu-
lar week of such Court, he shall notify the
Clerk of such Court to open the next con-
secutive unopened list of jurors in his posses--1155-
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THE ATrORNEY GENERAL
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-239, text, April 10, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268658/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.