Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Honorable H. D. Stringer County Attorney Hall Cbunty Memphis, Texas Dear Sir: Opinion no. O-3633 Re: Does the State or a defendant have the right to subpoena and attach out of county witnesses in a misdemeanor case? This is to acknowledge receipt of your recent letter asking our opinion as stated in the above question. While we have made a careful study of the ques- tion, in the 1Fght of the statutes and the case cited by you, we are unable to find any authority authorizing the use of a subpoena or attachment for out of county witnesses in misdemeanor cases. In the case of Cotbren v. State,…