SOSA v. STATE

No. 44637.

477 S.W.2d 589 (1972)

Florencio SOSA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Heagy, Odessa (Court Appointed), for appellant.

John H. Green, Dist. Atty., and J. A. (Jim) Bobo, Asst. Dist. Atty., Odessa, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the sale of marihuana. The jury assessed the punishment at ninety-nine years.

The sole witness was Pedro Hernandez, an undercover agent for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Hernandez testified that he was introduced to appellant in a cafe in Odessa on March 18, 1970. Appellant and the woman who introduced him told Hernandez that if he was going to ride around they wanted to go...

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