Legal Opinion
Law v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 22, 1978No. 55301PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PHILLIPS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of carrying a handgun. Punishment was assessed at 30 days’ imprisonment.
At 12:10 a. m. on March 6, 1976, Rheda Simmons, the principal witness in the case, walked into the Lake Jackson Police Department obviously shaken and, after talking to the officer in charge, signed the following written statement:
“I was walking down the street going to this girl’s house. Melvin Law got out of his car and put the pistol up to my face and said I have two (2) seconds to get away or he was going to blow my head off, so I ran to the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Myre v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Delgado v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Esco v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Garrison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Gonzales v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1982
- Nelson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1993
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