Cabrera v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted for the offense of unlawful possession of heroin and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for eight years.

At the trial, narcotics officer R. Y. Garcia, of the Houston police department, testified that on the night in question he observed the appellant, at approximately 8:25 p. m., driving his 1960 Pontiac automobile west on Quitman Street and that he proceeded to follow appellant and observe him get out of his car and place a small bottle by a highway marker. The officer stated that he then drove to the highway marker and…