Legal Opinion
Davis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 22, 1922No. 6693PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
—Appellant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol.
The appellant was a youth, sixteen years of age. He and several other boys were standing upon one of the street corners.
A police officer testified that he was nearby and said:
“I heard the defendant call to one of the other boys, saying: ‘Let me have that thing;’ and the other boy then handed the pistol to the defendant. I immediately arrested the defendant and took the pistol. The party who gave the -pistol to the defendant took it from the waist-band of his pants and the defendant put it in the waistband of his…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Fretwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Fuller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
- Guy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Hicks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Schroeder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
3Cited by4 opinions
- Linvel v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1981
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946
- Hyde v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Woolf v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970