RODRIQUEZ v. STATE

No. 46247.

495 S.W.2d 952 (1973)

Antonio RODRIQUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm Dade (Court appointed on appeal), Dallas, for appellant.

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


OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

Conviction is for the sale of heroin; the punishment, 85 years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. the evidence showed that appellant sold ten capsules of heroin to Sam J. Roberts, and agent of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, for $70, on January 29, 1969. The chain of custody of the capsules was established; the chemist, Charles Pyles, testified that he analyzed the capsules and that they...

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