Etheredge v. State

OPINION

KEITH, Commissioner.

The indictment charged appellant with the unlawful delivery of a usable quantity of marihuana of more than one-quarter ounce to D. Bruce Kiser. Appellant pleaded not guilty but the jury found him to be guilty as charged and assessed his punishment at confinement for two and one-half years.

D. Bruce Kiser and Michael J. Morris, policemen employed by the City of San Angelo, were temporarily assigned to a Drug Enforcement Administration “Mobile Task Force” operating in Del Rio during the month of May, 1974. They were operating as undercover agents under the general…