Rangel v. State

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal follows a conviction for delivery of heroin. Based on prior felony convictions, punishment was enhanced to life imprisonment. Two grounds of error are presented. We affirm.

The first issue is whether the trial court erred by failing to require the State to produce a police informant as a witness. Richard Moreno, an undercover police officer, testified that he was introduced to appellant at a bar on July 24, 1975, by an informer named Johnny Rodriguez. Officer Moreno stated that appellant sold him heroin contained in a small balloon. According to the officer’s…