Vela v. State

McDonald, judge.

The offense is the unlawful possession of a narcotic drug; the punishment, life imprisonment.

Acting upon the information of an informant, 'several narcotic officers of the Houston police department went to a vacant lot and found a foil wrapped package in some weeds near a utility pole. The officers’ inspection of the package revealed that it contained 101 capsules, which were later identified as heroin. .Inserting an identifying slip into the package," they returned it to its original position and secreted themselves nearby.

After waiting approximately fifteen minutes, they…