Burroughs v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Appellant, Billy Ray Burroughs, hereiti-after referred to as defendant, was* charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-73-1716, for the offense of Carrying a Firearm, After Former Conviction of a Felony, in violation of 21 O.S.1971, § 1283. His punishment was fixed at a term of three (3) years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

The State’s first witness, Michael O’Shea, a detective with the Vice Division of the Oklahoma City Police Department, testified that he and his…