Inzer v. State

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for carrying an illegal knife. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, §§ 46.02, §§ 46.01(6)(A). Punishment is imprisonment for six months, probated.

Appellant complains of the court’s refusal to grant his requested instructions concerning defenses to the offense charged. We reverse.

The two state’s witnesses, Officers Bill Dawson and Chris Dorbandt of the Department of Public Safety, discovered a machete in appellant’s possession when they stopped him near Hallsville for a traffic violation. Appellant testified that at the time he was on his way to his…