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Correct. He's not an official elected to represent the state in criminal cases.

Except it also says the county attorney of the county in which the municipality is situated may, if the county attorney so desires, also represent the state in such prosecution.

So how can he represent the state, which in truth and fact is us, when it comes to prosecuting a case in that court?

only the county attorney has authority to represent the state.

Or the district attorney not being able to practice or represent the state in a JP court it was for the county attorney

And the county attorney is the only one that has authority to represent the state in any court below the level of district court

represent the state and in the courtroom to begin with, and there is a very high probability

is that the county attorney shall represent the state in all cases below the level of

district court. The district attorney shall represent the state in all cases in district

representing the state because the municipal attorney purports to represent the state in

able to represent the state or the people, however they do it in Florida, as the magistrate

But what we found is a municipal attorney has no authority to represent the state in a criminal prosecution

What the Constitution says is that the District Attorney will represent the state in all felony prosecutions

or if it's a municipality, then the municipal prosecutor will represent the state.

Each district attorney shall represent the state in all criminal cases in the district

is at the time within his district, he shall represent the state therein unless prevented

Therefore, they're the only ones that can represent the state.

to represent the state in court.

And then I said, well, where's the state? Does no one represent the state?

defend in a criminal case, he would decline to represent the state, meaning the county

court and subsequently appointed another attorney to represent the state.

Wow, a charter provision authorizing the city attorney to represent the state being unconstitutional.

If in 1897 it was unconstitutional for a city attorney to represent the state and the constitution

Now, that's just on top of the constitutional provisions under Article 5, Section 21 that specifically says that only a county or district attorney can represent the state.

And then when we get to the issue of the city attorney attempting to represent the state, I'm going to ask the baby to arrest him again.

officer because they now represent the state as a state's witness.

Because neither of them are allowed to represent the state in a county court and the city attorney can't represent them in any court.

Nor are they authorized to represent the state in any such contract.

And it was the state governments that would basically choose the senators to represent the states.

the county attorney shall represent the state

and no bond of any kind to represent the state

to represent the state.

the name of the state, a police officer cannot represent the state as a rule. I mean, here

represent the state. But that's getting in the details. Let's go back up to this again.

According to the Texas Constitution, the attorney general's power to represent the state in

So the attorney general's office can represent the state in a civil capacity at the United

to represent the state for the purpose of prosecuting cases in that court.

The attorney general shall represent the state in all suits and pleas in the Supreme Court

These duties are to go against corporations and to represent the state in lawsuits.

What we're arguing here is who has the power to represent the state to perform a criminal

The county attorneys shall represent the state in all cases in the district and inferior courts in their respective counties, semicolon.

Now, an example of what I was talking about with that by other law or by law was right here in this section where it said the county attorney shall represent the state,

The county attorney is the only attorney for the state that by constitutional mandate can represent the state in any court, any court from the level of district down, okay?

The county attorneys shall represent the state in all cases in the district and inferior courts in their respective counties.

Now here, it just simply spelled it out. They shall represent the state.

But they can't grant the power to represent the state to anyone but those the Constitution allowed to have it.

The attorney general's authority to represent the state according to Article 4, Section 22, is in the state supreme court.

That's where he can represent the state.

Okay, if it's in the statutes, you need to look at the state constitution and see who it gave authority to to represent the state.

He is allowed only to represent the state before the Texas Supreme Court for the purposes of civil suits against corporations and the revocation of corporate charters.

Only an attorney can represent the state. No matter how they slash it, the state is still a legal fiction.

And the attorney general is, Texas is primarily there to represent the state in civil litigation. And this is exactly what he's doing.

The state made an appearance through who? There's no attorney signature saying I'm here to represent the state.

Now, the other problem for a municipal attorney in this is that the legislature tried to grant them the power to represent the state in 45.201 of the code of criminal procedure.

The summons shall issue only upon the filing of an information or complaint, neither of which exist to the knowledge of Craig and neither of which can be signed and filed by a city attorney who can only pretend to represent the state.

There we have the 45.201 Code of Criminal Procedure notwithstanding. Three, the summons shall be issued only upon the request of the attorney representing the state, which request also does not exist to the knowledge of Craig and which cannot be lawfully requested by a city attorney pretending to represent the state as previously mentioned.

bureaucrats purporting to represent the state of West Virginia? Are they going after

The officer has no authority to represent the state in a court of law in any capacity other than that of a witness.

It has to be done in the name of the state and a municipal attorney cannot represent the state.

So right there on the record, he's admitting he does not represent the state, which is

He can only represent the state at the Supreme Court level.

the state. Well, if the city attorney can't represent the state, he can't possibly request

code of criminal procedure. Okay. If the city attorney cannot lawfully represent the state,

saying he can't represent the state. So would you please identify the date and time that

represent the state. Okay. I felt like we were kind of at 30,000 feet. I understood

constitutionally and lawfully speaking, a city attorney cannot represent the state in any court

and he's trying to represent the state by decree of the legislature, and it just can't be done that way.

they run right into the same law that the city attorney does. Whether they actually can represent the state or not is irrelevant.

Yeah. There's no examining hearing. They got no subject matter jurisdiction over the original matter. The prosecutor doesn't represent the state. He can't call for that summons.

Well, I asked him factually, he claims to represent the state. I asked him factually, what is the state?

in which I told the judge he's not qualified to represent the state.

Are city attorneys who lack oaths of office legally qualified to represent the state?

individuals had the power to represent the state either in its corporate capacity or

the city in these cases they're attempting to represent the state

right they're attempting to represent the state and that

But he says the only one who can represent the state of Illinois is the attorney general and only in matters pertaining to the state constitution

Each district attorney shall represent the state in all criminal cases in the district

This is what it says, each district attorney shall represent the state in all criminal

district, he shall represent the state therein unless prevented by other official duties.

trial to represent the state.

And then when the prosecutor was called to represent the state and do a presentation

Each district attorney shall represent the state in all criminal cases in the district courts of his district

and it is at the time within the district he shall represent the state therein unless prevented by other official duties.

Duties of district attorneys, each district attorney shall represent the state in all

his district he shall represent the state therein unless prevented by other official

is article 202, in his county below the grade of district and shall represent the state

of the district attorney, he shall represent the state alone.

He shall represent the state in cases he has, oh, I'm sorry.

He shall represent the state in cases he has prosecuted which are appealed.

to represent the state, and that time, of course, they worked for the state.

The county shall represent the state in county suits, represent the state in county suits, and they do several other things.

i represent the state fine you're disqualified you cannot provide testimony or take the stand

2.02 tells the county attorney that he'll represent the state in misdemeanors and he

It also tells the district attorney you'll represent the state in felonies and you'll

represent the state in civil actions.

represent the state therein unless prevented by other official duties. It shall be the

And if you ask them, who are you here representing, that's what they're going to tell you, I represent the state.

I represent the state.

Okay. All three of you represent the state as its agents.

Each district attorney shall represent the state in all criminal cases in the district courts of his district

and he is notified of the same and is at the time within his district, he shall represent the state therein,

and shall represent the state in all criminal cases under examination or prosecution in said county.

And in the absence of the district attorney, he shall represent the state alone and, when requested,

He shall represent the state in cases he has prosecuted, which are appealed.

okay, must represent the state in all cases not only being prosecuted, but that are under examination.

or represent the state, in cases where an examining trial is taking place.

former attorney general under President Obama, will be hired to represent the state in any legal fights against the new Republican Congress and White House.

will be hired to represent the state in any legal fights

represent the state in any legal fights against the new Republican Congress and White House.

But then they couldn't represent the state of Texas.

Exactly. They would have no power to represent the state of Texas. They could only represent

Now a prosecuting attorney can come into a examining trial and represent the state for the purpose of a determination of probable cause

No, the judge stands in the middle between the two, he does not represent the state.

So if they don't show to have a bar card, they can't represent the state.

He's simply a lawyer hired to represent the state.

But the thing is what it says in Article 5, Section 21, it says the county attorney shall represent the state in all cases

So that's telling me that county attorneys are the only ones that can represent the state

You moved from who can file a criminal complaint to municipal attorneys can't represent the state

I agree that it appears as though municipal attorneys have no authority to represent the state

come in to represent the state and if I hammer the Attorney General and convince him that

only the county or district attorney may represent the state.

The county attorney shall represent the state in all cases in the district

may, if he so desires, also represent the state in such prosecutions.

that section of the government code has a section that says, the criminal district attorney shall represent the state in all matters in the district and inferior courts in the county.

violates that part of Texas Constitution Article 5, Section 21, which states that the county attorney shall represent the state in all cases in the district and inferior courts in their respective counties.

That is still in law. They created prosecuting attorneys as lawyers for the state. They merely represent the state in criminal prosecutions.

they gave public prosecutors the exclusive authority to represent the state.

And all he is is a lawyer hired by the state to represent the state

OK, so the question is, is who is allowed to represent the state as a prosecutor according to law in your state?

It tells us that the county attorney shall represent the state in all cases in the district and in barrier courts in their respective counties.

The only ones in Texas who can represent the state in a criminal prosecution are

So if this guy's a municipal attorney and he claims to represent the state, we

shall represent the state in all criminal prosecutions.

How does the city attorney stand to represent the state in a criminal prosecution?

And he's not authorized to represent the state in court.

attorney and proceeds to attempt to represent the state of Texas in a criminal matter is violating

And that one thing was that a municipal attorney and municipality is claims that they have the authority to represent the state of Texas.

If an attorney that is actually authorized to represent the state of Texas does not ensure that those due process steps have happened, then they have no authority to be there.

They have to be elected to represent the state.