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363 S.W.2d 461

Green v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 14, 1962

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1962-11-14

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently March 1966

2 state decisions

Relies on 172 Tex. Crim. 228 - Medlock v. State

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Decided 1962-11-14

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BELCHER, Commissioner.

¶1The conviction is for unlawfully carrying a pistol; the punishment, six months in jail.

¶2The evidence adduced by the state reveals that the appellant, while driving on a public street in Dallas County, was carrying a pistol in the glove compartment of his motor vehicle.

¶3The appellant did not testify, but testimony was offered that appellant \yas to loan the gun to William Garvin and he was en route at night to Garvin’s residence when he was stopped by'the police because the vehicle he was driving had no tail light.

¶4Appellant contends that the trial court erred in refusing his requested charge that if the jury found “the defendant was taking the pistol to the residence of William Garvin and that he did not make an unreasonable deviation from his residence,” then to find him not guilty.

¶5There is no showing that the requested charge was presented to or acted upon by the trial court before the main charge was read to the jury, therefore the claimed error cannot be considered. Art. 659, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., and cases cited in note 10.

¶6The evidence being sufficient to support the conviction, and no error appearing, the judgment is affirmed.

¶7Opinion approved by the Court.

¶8ON MOTION FOR REHEARING .

MORRISON, Judge.

¶9In addition to what we said in our original opinion, and after an examination of the supplemental transcript which has been furnished this Court, we call attention to the fact that the record fails to reveal that appellant excepted to the action of the *462court in refusing the requested charge which appears in the transcript. This is requisite to preserve an alleged error in the charge. Medlock v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 356 S.W.2d 312, and cases there cited.

¶10Appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.

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