DeLeon v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is sale of heroin; the punishment, twenty (20) years.

Appellant raises two grounds of error, neither of which challenges the sufficiency of the evidence.

San Antonio Police Officer Albert Chev-era testified that on June 19, 1972, while working undercover, he purchased a quantity of heroin from appellant.

In his first ground of error, appellant contends that the State failed to establish the chain of custody of the heroin.

Officer Chevera testified that appellant sold him two balloons of heroin on the day in question. Chevera later met with San Antonio Detective…