Jones v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of the unlawful sale of a narcotic drug, heroin, and was sentenced to thirty-five years’ imprisonment.

His sole ground of error on this appeal is that the trial court should have granted his motion to quash the indictment because it was insufficient under Articles 21.02(4) and 21.07 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 1

The indictment against the appellant charged:. . that one Heavy ... on or about the 14th day of March . did . . . unlawfully sell a narcotic drug, to wit, heroin . . . ”

For a long period in this State’s history,…