Rodriquez v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted in a jury trial of sale of heroin. The jury assessed punishment at fifteen hundred years’ confinement.

The record reflects that appellant sold to undercover agent Roberts three capsules of heroin for $21.00. The cellophane package from which appellant took these capsules contained 25 to 30 capsules. Chain of custody was shown, and a qualified chemist identified the capsules sold to Roberts as containing heroin.

Appellant offered no testimony at the guilt stage. After the verdict of guilty was returned, the State, at the punishment stage of the…