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ELAM v. STATE

No. 49117.

518 S.W.2d 367 (1975)

Rex Ed ELAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 5, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Montford, Court Appointed, Lubbock, for appellant.

Alton R. Griffin, Dist. Atty. and Richard Palmer, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of sale of cocaine. Punishment was assessed by the court at twelve years' imprisonment.

Fourteen grounds of error are raised in this appeal. The first urges that the State was allowed to bolster the credibility of its witness Ronald Ray Tucker.

Tucker, an undercover agent for the Department of Public Safety, had purchased six "papers" of cocaine from the appellant...

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