Robinson v. State

PRICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of a violation of subsection (a) of Section 174, Title 14, Code 1940, as amended, which reads: “No person who has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence shall own a pistol or have one in his possession or under his control.”

The charge of two prior convictions of manslaughter was admitted. It was also stipulated that the service station in which the pistol was found was leased and operated by the appellant.

The evidence for the State tended to show that members of the sheriff’s department of…