Powell v. State

OPINION

GUPTON, Judge.

The offense is unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon under V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 46.05; 1 the punishment, four years.

This appeal was formerly dismissed in a per curiam opinion delivered April 20,1976, because sentence was improperly pronounced. See Art. 42.03, V.A.C.C.P. A supplemental transcript reflects appellant has been resentenced and the appeal is reinstated.

The record reflects the appellant was in possession of a handgun at the home of his cousin on March 29, 1975, and that appellant had been convicted in 1963 of burglary of a motor vehicle.

Appellant…