HELMS v. STATE

No. 39453.

402 S.W.2d 759 (1966)

Billy Joe HELMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Motion to Reinstate Appeal Denied May 25, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Benson, Lubbock, for appellant.

Alton R. Griffin, Dist. Atty., William M. LauBach, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is the violation of Art. 489c Vernon's Ann.P.C., which makes it unlawful for any person who has been convicted of burglary or robbery, or of a felony involving an act of violence with a firearm and has served a term in the penitentiary for such conviction, to have in his possession any pistol, revolver or any other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.

Tried upon a plea of not guilty, appellant was found guilty and...

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