Jones v. State

OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm away from his home. The jury found the enhancement allegation to be true and set punishment at 15 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant’s brief urges five points of error.

By his first point of error, Appellant urges that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss based upon alleged violation of TEX. CODE CRIM.PROC. ANN. art. 32A.02 (Vernon Pamph.Supp. 1986). When Appellant was arrested for the offense involved in this case, on May 26, 1984, he gave…