Dyche v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for sale of heroin. Punishment was assessed by the jury at fifty-five years.

The testimony of Officer Lee, an undercover agent for the narcotics section of the Dallas Police Department, reflects that he spent considerable time at an apartment complex managed by appellant on Bryan Avenue in Dallas and observed use of narcotics by the occupants before purchasing a substance found to contain heroin for seven dollars from appellant.

At the outset, appellant contends that his rights as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to…