Lewis v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is unlawfully carrying a pistol, a violation of Article 483, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.; the punishment, assessed by the jury, 1 month in the county jail.

In his first three grounds of error appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

The record reflects that on the evening of August 14, 1967, at approximately 10:35 p. m. Officer R. O. Autrey of the Houston Police Department, on patrol alone, received in rapid succession a report of a robbery and then a shooting from the police dispatcher. Approximately five minutes later and within one…