BROWN v. STATE

No. 49081.

516 S.W.2d 145 (1974)

Ralph Britton BROWN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Q. Neal, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty., William Chambers, Earl E. Bates and John Hill, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of carrying a pistol on premises licensed under the Texas Liquor Control Act; punishment was assessed at five years.

Appellant's sole ground of error is that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for mistrial when it was discovered that during the course of the trial a newspaper article reporting extraneous offenses of appellant which would not...

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