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COOPER v. STATE

No. 45929.

492 S.W.2d 545 (1973)

Willie James COOPER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Gene Smith, Wichita Falls, for appellant.

Jim Phagan, Dist. Atty., Wichita Falls, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of unlawfully carrying on his person a pistol on premises licensed under the provisions of the Texas Liquor Control Act. Punishment, enhanced under Article 63, Vernon's Ann.P.C., by reason of two prior felony convictions, was assessed at life imprisonment.

In his first ground of error appellant contends that Article 63, V.A.P.C., is unconstitutional as being in violation of the Fifth...

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