UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF METAL OR BODY ARMOR BY FELON
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Hargrove v. State (2006)
Most recently applied in Plummer, Marquis Andre (October 2013)
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 452, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) In this section, "metal or body armor" means any body covering manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of protecting a person against gunfire.
(b) A person who has been convicted of a felony commits an offense if after the conviction the person possesses metal or body armor.
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.