Gomez v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of heroin enhanced under the provisions of Art. 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.; trial was before a jury and the court assessed the mandatory punishment of life.

Captain Harvey E. Gann of the Austin Police Department testified that on May 1, 1969, he observed the appellant riding in an automobile with two other persons on First Street and Willow Street in Austin. He and other officers stopped the vehicle at the intersection of First and Clara Streets. Other occupants of the vehicle were Gloria Olivio and Seferino Torres. The…