Legal Opinion

Curson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 21, 1958No. 29790PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is unlawfully carrying arms; the punishment, a fine of $100.

Officers Jordy and Albrecht testified that on the day in question, as they were talking on the street in Houston, the appellant stopped his automobile near their motorcycles and asked Officer Jordy a question. Some conversation ensued, and the officers, who had approached the appellant’s automobile in order to converse with him, observed a “night stick” or “police club” or “police stick” or “billy club” protruding from under the front seat and placed him under arrest for carrying the same.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. English v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Collins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. Masters v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Spigener v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  4. Curson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  5. Masters v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983

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