State v. Hinojos

OPINION

WALTERS, Judge.

Convicted and sentenced for trafficking in heroin and conspiracy to traffic, defendant appeals. He contends error in (1) improper limitation of his cross-examination of an informer, the State’s principal witness; (2) improper communication between the court and jury in the absence of defendant; and (3) exclusion of evidence of the informer’s character and conduct. We affirm.

We dispose of defendant’s second and third points first. With respect to the communications complained of, the record discloses that on the first occasion the court and both counsel developed the…