OKRA v. STATE

Nos. 47867, 47868.

507 S.W.2d 220 (1974)

J. W. OKRA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Loving, III, Dallas (Court appointed), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., W. T. Westmoreland, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The convictions are for the sale of heroin; the punishment assessed by the jury in each case, imprisonment for twenty years. The Court cumulated the sentences.

The appellant presents eight grounds of error but we need discuss only ground of error number four in which the appellant asserts that the trial court erred in admitting in evidence over his objection an extraneous offense.

The two indictments which were...

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