Legal Opinion

Rainer v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 12, 1989No. 11-88-102-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*616OPINION

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

The jury found appellant guilty of unlawfully carrying a weapon, an illegal knife, on premises licensed for the sale or service of alcoholic beverages. The court set appellant’s punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for a term of ten years.

Appellant was arrested at the Sugar Land Lounge, which was licensed to sell beer and wine, for failing to appear on a traffic warrant. During a pat-down search, the arresting officer found a “large hunting knife” in a sheath under the waistband of appellant’s pants.

In a single point of error,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jackson v. State of TexasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. McMurrough v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1999
  2. United States v. DeisherU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1990
  3. Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996

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