Masters v. State

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

William Andrew Masters, II, appeals the trial court’s judgment, based upon his plea of no contest,1 which convicted him of “un*945lawfully carrying a weapon”2 and ordered him to pay a fine of one dollar.

On the early afternoon of August 6,1981, appellant was stopped at a busy intersection in north Austin, Texas, by patrol officers of the Austin Police Department. The officers stated that they stopped appellant because he was carrying two “swordlike” weapons in his belt. Upon closer examination and questioning of appellant, the officers discovered that the weapons were…