CASTRO v. STATE

No. 41527.

432 S.W.2d 948 (1968)

Albert R. CASTRO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 30, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gray, Houston, (on appeal only) for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and F. M. Stover, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for the possession of marihuana; the punishment, life.

The first ground of error is that the trial court prohibited appellant's cross-examination of Officer Chavez upon matters relating to appellant's defense of entrapment.

To support his position, the appellant, in his brief refers to the following testimony of Officer Chavez:

"Q Did you have a man—did you not tell Albert Castro that...

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