Texas Department of Public Safety v. Swierski

OPINION

GARDNER, Justice.

I.Introduction

The issue presented in this appeal is whether Appellee Ronald J. Swierski’s conviction for conversion of government money, a federal misdemeanor offense punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, qualifies as a disqualifying felony conviction for the purposes of Texas’s Concealed Handgun Act, which defines a “felony” as an offense carrying a possible punishment of confinement for one year or more in a penitentiary.

II.Factual Background

Appellant Texas Department of Public Safety (the “Department”) issued a letter on March 12, 1999, denying…