ROBERTS v. STATE

No. 45295.

489 S.W.2d 893 (1972)

Charles Lee ROBERTS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Buddy Stevens, George Parnham, Houston, for appellant.

Robert O. Smith, Dist. Atty., Phoebe Lester, Asst. Dist. Atty., Austin, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the possession of heroin. The jury assessed the punishment at forty-five years.

Appellant's sole ground of error is that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence.

The record shows that on April 13, 1971, the appellant, his wife, Kathie Roberts, and his mother, Marie Roberts, were visiting...

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