WATSON v. STATE

Nos. 45382, 45383 and 45409.

488 S.W.2d 816 (1972)

William Edgar WATSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Carson Bruder, Kerry P. FitzGerald, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Robert T. Baskett, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

Appellant was tried simultaneously on three separate indictments alleging the sale of heroin. The sentences in the three cases were set at 50 years, life and life.

Three grounds of error are alleged in the single brief filed with this Court.

Appellant first contends that the trial court improperly limited his cross-examination of a State's witness.

The State based...

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