Birch v. State

OPINION

JOHN F. ONION, Jr., Justice (Assigned).

This appeal stems from a conviction for unlawfully carrying a handgun. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 46.02(a) (Vernon 1994). Appellant James W. Birch was found guilty by a jury. The trial court assessed his punishment at sixty days in the county jail and a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars.

POINTS OF ERROR

Appellant advances eleven points of error divided into jury charge errors and errors in the admission of evidence. First, appellant urges that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the defense of “traveling.” The next four…