Sanchez v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for possession of heroin. The punishment, enhanced under V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Section 12.42, was assessed by the jury at fifty years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged.

On the evening of November 6, 1976, Officers Dennis Hughey and Pedro Mendoza of the El Paso Police Department were patrolling in an unmarked car in a high crime area of the city. They observed an automobile with its dome light on parked in an alley. The officers turned off their headlights and parked behind the vehicle. Appellant, a passenger in the front seat,…