Legal Opinion

Boles v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 21, 1967No. 40446PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is under Art. 483, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.,' for unlawfully carrying a prohibited weapon, to-wit: a knife; the punishment, a fine of $100.

Trial was before the court, without a jury, upon appellant’s plea of not guilty.

Two grounds of error are urged by appellant in his brief filed in the trial court.

He first contends that evidence pertaining to the knife in question was obtained as the result of his unlawful arrest. He also contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction because the weapon found in the automobile was not a knife within the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Vogt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  2. Summerville v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  3. Bernard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962
  4. Terrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Sorenson v. FerrieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
  2. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Vaughn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
  5. Sorenson v. FerrieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998

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