ACOSTA v. STATE

No. 13-87-293-CR.

752 S.W.2d 706 (1988)

Jose ACOSTA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

June 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Lawrence, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Grant Jones, Deanie King, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and KENNEDY and SEERDEN, JJ.


OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant, Jose Acosta, guilty of aggravated possession of heroin. The trial court assessed punishment at thirty years' confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. By his first point of error, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to prove possession as alleged in the indictment.

The standard for review of the sufficiency of the evidence, whether circumstantial or direct, is whether...

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