Coats v. State

This is an appeal from convictions for murder, carrying a pistol without a license, and carrying a concealed weapon. The case was tried before a jury; appellant defended against the murder charge on the ground of self-defense; he contends that the convictions on the two pistol charges were erroneous in that there was no evidence that he did not have a license to carry a pistol or that his pistol was concealed; the jury convicted on all three charges; and the appellant received concurrent sentences of life imprisonment for murder and twelve months for each of the pistol convictions.

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