Hill v. State

OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of possession of less than 28 grams of cocaine, and assessed punishment at 15-years confinement. On appeal, appellant argues there was insufficient nonaccomplice evidence to connect appellant with the cocaine, and that the trial court erred by allowing hearsay “probable cause” statements into evidence. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Simon Campos, an investigator for the Sealy Police Department, received a tip from an unidentified informant who told Campos that appellant and two other persons, Essie Mae Manuel and Ray Lockett, had…