Jackson v. State

Defendant-appellant Fred D. Jackson was charged by affidavit with the crime of carrying a pistol without a permit. He pleaded not guilty and was tried without the intervention of a jury. Upon a finding of guilty, appellant was sentenced to a determinate period of imprisonment of one year.

Appellant Jackson filed a motion to correct errors which was overruled by the trial court and this appeal followed.

The evidence most favorable to the State discloses that shortly after nine o’clock P.M. on September 24, 1971, the Anderson Police Department received from an unknown source information to the…