Hodge v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the sale of cocaine, a narcotic drug. The punishment was assessed by the jury at ten years.

The record reflects that Fred Young who had been an undercover investigator for the Dallas Police Department for some fifteen days went to Clarence Street looking for someone. While there Willie Lee Williams, whom he did not know, asked him what he wanted. He replied that he wanted “jive,” which meant heroin. Willie Lee replied that she had no heroin but did have “coke,” which was cocaine. Officer Young agreed to buy and paid her $16.00 for…