POPE v. STATE

No. 01-84-0614-CR.

695 S.W.2d 341 (1985)

Benjamin Allen POPE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

August 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dougal C. Pope, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Harris County Dist. Atty., James C. Brough, Kathy Giannaula, Harris County Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, for appellee.

Before EVANS, C.J., and SAM BASS and COHEN, JJ.


OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted the appellant of the misdemeanor offense of unlawfully carrying a handgun and assessed his punishment at 6 months confinement.

In three grounds of error, the appellant contends that (a) his warrantless arrest was illegal; (b) that his oral admission to the investigating officer was inadmissible; and (c) that the state failed to prove a chain of custody establishing his possession of the weapon.

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