Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

, THE ATTORNEYGENERAT~ OF TEXAS AUSTIN. TKCXAS 78711 JOaN L. ISILL AX-E-ORNEYCaENERAI. May 21, 1975 The Honorable Ted Butler Opinion No. H- 612 Criminal District Attorney San Antonio, Texas 78204 Re: Whether a person held after arrest on a governor’s warrant is entitled to bail. Dear Mr. Butler: You ask whether a person held after arrest on a governor’s warrant based on a demand for extradition, is entitled to bail. The Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, article 51.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, adopted in 1951, provides for the arrest, detention and extradition of a person found in Texas who…