Bitela v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of marihuana; the punishment, 25 years.

The appellant’s first ground of error is that the court erred in permitting Officer Bessent to testify that he acted on information received from a third party, in -violation of the hearsay rule set forth in Sowers v. State, 160 Tex.Cr.R. 456, 272 S.W.2d 119. The hearsay which we find was in response to questions asked by appellant’s counsel. It was not until the next day after Bessent testified that the appellant made known to the court that he was dissatisfied with Bessent’s answers. Clearly this…