PECINA v. STATE

No. 48665.

516 S.W.2d 401 (1974)

Francisca Lozano Fraga PECINA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy Foreman and Dick DeGuerin, Houston, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John H. Hagler, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of heroin; the punishment, life.

Appellant challenges first the lawfulness of her arrest and the admission into evidence of the contraband seized from her person and, second, she questions the propriety of the prosecutor's closing argument.

Dallas police officer Green testified he received information from a confidential informant that appellant was dealing in heroin from her residence. On...

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