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HAMILTON v. STATE

No. 1002-83.

676 S.W.2d 120 (1984)

Jimmy Wade HAMILTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

September 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Johnston, Dallas, for appellant.

Tommy W. Wallace Dist. Atty., Canton, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., and Alfred Walker, First Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

The court of appeals reversed this conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon,1 holding that arson is not a crime of violence per se, and that the State had therefore failed to prove that appellant had previously been convicted of a crime of violence.

One who starts a fire or causes an explosion with intent to destroy or damage...

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