Tune v. Texas Department of Public Safety

in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, and Justice GONZALES join.

This case presents us with two principal issues. First, we must determine whether the courts of appeals have jurisdiction over appeals involving the grant' or denial of a concealed-handgun license. We conclude that they do, because the amount in controversy in a license-denial case exceeds the statutory jurisdictional requirement of $100.

Second, we must consider the meaning of the term “convicted” as it is used in the Concealed Handgun Act, Subchapter H of the Texas Government Code.1 We conclude that…