Hazel v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for the unlawful possession of a handgun under the provisions of V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 46.02.

The appellant was originally indicted for the third degree felony of intentionally and knowingly possessing a pistol away from premises where he lived after being convicted of a felony involving an act of violence and threatened violence — robbery. See V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 46.05. Upon trial before the court appellant was found guilty of “the misdemeanor offense of unlawfully carrying a pistol” and assessed a punishment of…