Rodriguez v. State

OPINION

GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of delivering cocaine. The trial court assessed punishment at ten years in prison. We affirm.

By his first point of error, appellant complains that the trial court erroneously permitted Arturo Lopez to testify about statements made to him by Antonio Fuentes. The trial court permitted these hearsay statements to be admitted under the co-eon-spirator exception to the hearsay rule. See Tex.R.Crim.Evid. 801(e)(2)(E). To place appellant’s complaints in context, we briefly summarize Lopez’s testimony.

Lopez, a narcotics investigator,…