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Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided August 6, 1990Published

1Opinion of the Court

Honorable Charles W. Chapman Criminal District Attorney Hays County Courthouse, Suite 208 San Marcos, Texas 78666

Re: Inquest procedures under chapter 49 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure (RQ-2051)

Dear Mr. Chapman:

You ask a number of questions relative to inquest procedures under subchapter A of chapter 49 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Subchapter A is applicable to deaths in a county that does not have a medical examiner. You advise that your questions are prompted by the decision of a justice of the peace to hold an "inquest hearing" following an earlier determination at an…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Boehme v. Sovereign Camp, W.O.W.Texas Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Germania Life Insurance v. LewinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1897
  3. Armstrong v. Employers Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
  4. Combined American Insurance Company v. McCallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. Fishbeck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948

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