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SOTO v. STATE

No. 43019.

456 S.W.2d 389 (1970)

Amado SOTO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

July 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean Schepers, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Robert G. Scott, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for possession of heroin; the punishment, eight years.

The appellant waived the right to trial by jury and after being duly admonished, entered a plea of guilty before the court and waived in writing the right to be confronted by the witnesses against him. He made the following judicial admission in writing: "[O]n February 16, 1968 in Harris County, Texas I did unlawfully possess a narcotic drug, to-wit,...

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