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LAW v. STATE

No. 55301.

574 S.W.2d 82 (1978)

Melvin LAW, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy Phillips, Jr., Angleton, for appellant.

Ogden Bass, Dist. Atty. and A. B. Crowther, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Angleton, for the State.

Before ODOM, PHILLIPS and DALLY, JJ.

Rehearing En Banc Denied December 20, 1978.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of carrying a handgun. Punishment was assessed at 30 days' imprisonment.

At 12:10 a. m. on March 6, 1976, Rheda Simmons, the principal witness in the case, walked into the Lake Jackson Police Department obviously shaken and, after talking to the officer in charge, signed the following written statement:

"I was...

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