Hennessy v. State

OPINION

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for possession of a controlled substance, namely hydromorphone. The jury assessed punishment at seven years, probated. 1

On February 16, 1978, Officer Earl Mu-sick of the Houston Police Department received a tip from an informant that he and two other men planned to rob “an unknown Doctor of Dilaudid [hydromorphone] tablets which he sold from his residence.” The next day, February 17, the police followed the informant and two other men to the street in front of appellant’s residence and arrested the three men as they were getting out…