Basaldua v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Our opinion on original submission is withdrawn and the following is substituted in lieu thereof.

The appeal arises out of a conviction for sale of marihuana where the punishment was assessed by the jury at 50 years.

Initially, appellant contends the court erred in permitting testimony as to matters “other than the prior criminal record of the appellant and his general reputation and his character as provided by Article 37.07, Sec. Three (a).”

Appellant first entered a plea of not guilty before the jury. The State then offered…