Salinas v. State

*866OPINION

CORNELIUS, Commissioner.

In a jury trial appellant was convicted of the offense of sale of heroin. Punishment, assessed by the court at appellant’s election and enhanced by reason of a previous conviction, was set at thirty years’ confinement.

The first ground of error complains of the failure of the trial court to grant appellant’s motion for continuance which sought a postponement due to the unavailability of the witness Jimmy Martinez Levine. The motion was made during pre-trial hearings on May 14, 1975, the day of trial. Appellant refers to such motion as his third motion for…