Garza v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is possession of heroin; the punishment, 30 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Sentence was pronounced on July 24, 1967, and notice of appeal was given. The trial court, having determined at such time that appellant was too poor to employ counsel, granted his request for appointed appellate counsel. Appellant’s trial counsel was so appointed.

The record on appeal was approved October 24, 1967, and filed in this Court January 25, 1968.

No appellate briefs appear to have been filed in the trial court.

So that this indigent appellant not be…