Abu-Shabaam v. State

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of delivery of a controlled substance. His punishment was assessed at ten years probation and a one-thousand dollar fine. He contends that there is insufficient non-accomplice witness testimony to support his conviction, and that the State failed to establish the complainant as named in the indictment. We .agree, and reverse and order an acquittal.

On October 6, 1989, a drug transaction occurred between Houston Police Officer William Tomlinson and Tony Kahn. The transaction took place in the parking lot of the Kentucky Fried Chicken, at the…