Young v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
1Opinion of the Court
WHITHAM, Justice.
Appellant appeals a conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon. The jury assessed punishment, enhanced, at life in the Texas Department of Corrections. In his sixth point of error, appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to prove “possession” of a handgun as alleged in the indictment. In his seventh point of error, appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to prove that appellant had a prior conviction involving violence and threatened violence to a person. We find no merit in either of appellant’s two challenges to the sufficiency of the…
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