Legal Opinion

Garza v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 15, 1978No. 55117PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for delivery of heroin wherein appellant received a sentence of seven years incarceration.

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged.

Appellant and an undercover narcotics agent drove from Alice to Kingsville to seek a person known as El Gorrilon for the purpose of purchasing heroin. On arrival at Kingsville the two spotted an individual known to both of them as Tarta sitting in a parked car known to belong to El Gorrilon. They asked Tarta if he knew El Gorrilon’s whereabouts and he stated he did not. Tar-ta then drove around with…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Howery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  2. McBride v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Weeks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Medellin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Webber v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
  3. Beck v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1983
  4. Westfall v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1983
  5. Eastman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1982

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