CAZARES v. STATE

No. 45249.

488 S.W.2d 110 (1972)

Joe S. CAZARES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. W. Salyars, Lubbock, for appellant.

Blair Cherry, Jr., Dist. Atty., Bob D. Odom, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of unlawful sale of a narcotic drug, to-wit: heroin; punishment was assessed by the court at twelve years.

Initially, appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for mistrial because of references to him as a "drug pusher" and "dope peddler"; and, that a mistrial should have been granted because this testimony put evidence before the jury of other drug sales...

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