MENDOZA v. STATE

No. 45788.

492 S.W.2d 489 (1973)

Ruben Reyes MENDOZA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 4, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde W. Woody and Marian S. Rosen, Houston, for appellant.

Carol Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Robert N. Burdette, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

The conviction was for unlawful possession of heroin, a narcotic drug; punishment was assessed at twenty-five years.

The record of the proceedings in the presence of the jury reflects the following State's evidence.

About 10:00 p. m. on February 1, 1971, appellant was observed by D. D. Collins, a narcotics officer of the Houston Police Department, as he came from Room...

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