Oviedo v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant Carlos Alberto Oviedo guilty of the offense of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, to wit: cocaine. The jury assessed punishment at ninety-nine years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections, plus a $20,000.00 fine, together with all costs of court. By two points of error, appellant urges that his warrantless arrest was unlawful and the cocaine obtained was erroneously admitted in evidence. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

At about 12:00 o’clock noon on September 25, 1987, Officers Vinson and Juarez, acting…