Mendoza v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the felony offense of possessing a firearm away from the premises upon which appellant lived after he had served a term in the Department of Corrections for the offense of burglary under Article 489c, Vernon’s Ann.P.C. The punishment was assessed by the jury at one year.

The record shows that appellant was in possession of a pistol at the Lone Star Drive In in Fort Worth after he had been previously convicted in 1966 for burglary with intent to commit theft.

The indictment was presented on March 25, 1969.

Appellant contends that the…