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CASTILLO v. STATE

No. 50639.

530 S.W.2d 952 (1976)

Manuel Laujan CASTILLO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 7, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleatus M. Phelan, McKinney, for appellant.

Tom O'Connell, Dist. Atty., and Bill Jouette, Asst. Dist. Atty., McKinney, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

BROWN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for sale of a controlled substance, to-wit: heroin. The jury assessed punishment at 15 years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The record reflects that David Stallings, an undercover narcotics officer with the Texas Department of Public Safety, purchased a tin foil packet from the appellant on October 16, 1973. The foil packet was found to contain heroin.

Appellant in...

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