Brown v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The offense is the sale of marihuana; the punishment, eleven years. Appellant pled guilty before a jury.

Two grounds of error are alleged.

Appellant first argues that error was committed when one of the State’s witnesses, an undercover police officer, was permitted to testify concerning an alleged sale of marihuana to him by appellant, which took place approximately ten days before the sale for which appellant was indicted. Appellant contends that admission of this extraneous offense prejudiced the jury.

Initially, we must note that appellant pled guilty before a jury. As…