Alberti v. State

OPINION

ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

ROBERTS, Judge.

The prior opinion is hereby withdrawn.

Appellant was convicted by a jury on his plea of not guilty to possession of a nar cotic drug, to-wit, marihuana, and the jury-assessed the punishment at twenty (20) years.

Officer B. D. Jackson of the Narcotics Division of the Houston Police Department, in a hearing outside the presence of the jury, testified that an informer, who had given him reliable information more than once before, called him over the telephone and told him that Lawrence Alberti had a large quantity of marihuana and LSD in his…