Reisner v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for unlawfully carrying a club. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 46.02. The court assessed punishment at a fine of $200.

On April 21, 1978, Temple police officer William Holloman noticed appellant wearing a bracelet made of black leather; there were twenty-eight pointed metal studs protruding from the bracelet approximately one-half inch. Officer Holloman stopped appellant and arrested him for unlawfully carrying a club.

Appellant contends that the bracelet is not a club as that term is defined in V.T. C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 46.01(1). That section…