Ables v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for sale of a barbituric acid derivative. Punishment was assessed by the jury at two years.

Appellant contends the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction.

Narcotic Agent Sanders testified that he bought a bag of ninety “reds” -from appellant in Lewisville on January 21, 1972, for $45.00. Sanders described a “red” as a barbituric acid derivative. Sanders initialed the bag containing the “reds” and mailed same in an envelope to the Department of Public Safety Laboratory in Austin. Joe Urbanovsky, a chemist at said…