Campbell v. State

BOYD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of possession of a prohibited weapon, namely, a short-barreled firearm. Punishment, enhanced by proof of a prior conviction, was set by the jury at twenty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. We affirm the judgment.

A search of the record reveals that on August 14, 1979, appellant Herman Campbell, Jr. and a friend appeared at the home of Patricia Bates. Appellant, who wanted to discuss with Bates an altercation she had with another woman earlier that morning, was in possession of a pistol and the firearm in…