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Ramirez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Mar 13, 1963
365 S.W.2d 791 (Tex. Crim. App. 1963)

Opinion


365 S.W.2d 791 (Tex.Crim.App. 1963) Frank Garza RAMIREZ, Appellant, Benny Ramarze Salas, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Nos. 35527, 35528. Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. March 13, 1963

No attorney on appeal for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Harold Adams, Steve Guittard, H. Gordon Montgomery and Emmett Colvin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The appellants were separately charged by information with unlawfully carrying a pistol.

By agreement these cases where tried togather before the court without a jury upon a plea of not guilty. They were found guilty and the punishment against each of them was assessed at ninety days in jail.

On arriving at the scene of a disturbance, in response to a call, Officers Adams and Womack found five men getting into an automobile. The appellant Salas, who was sitting on the right side of the front seat, opened the door and began backing out with his hands around his waistline. Officer Adams testified that he noticed Salas 'toss his right arm' toward the floor board of the rear of the car. Immediately after appellant Salas had gotten out of the car Officer Adams found a pistol containing 7 live shells on the floor board in the back of the car.

At the time the officers approached the car, the appellant Ramirez was seated under the steering wheel on the driver's side. On a further search of the car Officer Adams found a pistol containing 6 live shells under the front seat on the driver's side. The appellants did not testify or offer any evidence. No brief has been filed by either appellant.

The evidence is sufficient to support the convictions and no error appearing the judgments are affirmed.

Opinion approved by the Court.


Summaries of

Ramirez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Mar 13, 1963
365 S.W.2d 791 (Tex. Crim. App. 1963)
Case details for

Ramirez v. State

Case Details

Full title:Frank Garza RAMIREZ, Appellant, Benny Ramarze Salas, Appellant, v. The…

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Mar 13, 1963

Citations

365 S.W.2d 791 (Tex. Crim. App. 1963)

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