DeLao v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the possession of heroin. Two prior convictions were alleged for enhancement. After a verdict of guilty, the judge assessed the punishment at life.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. In the controlling issue before us, the appellant complains that the court erred in overruling his motion for continuance.

Officers armed with a search warrant went to appellant’s home in Midland and found four “shot papers” of heroin in the pockets of his trousers.

The complaint that the trial court erred in refusing to grant the motion…