VAUGHN v. STATE

No. 46625.

500 S.W.2d 510 (1973)

Walter VAUGHN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley F. Swenson, Houston, for appellant.

Carol Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Charles Cottingham, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for carrying a prohibited weapon; the punishment, a fine of $100.00.

The appellant was charged with carrying on and about his person a knife with a blade more than five and one-half inches in length.

The evidence shows appellant was stopped by a police officer at approximately 1:30 p. m. on December 29, 1971, because the officer observed appellant's vehicle weaving across the center stripe of...

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