Vera v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for sale of heroin; the jury assessed the punishment at life.

The appellant first contends that the evidence showed that the appellant was entrapped into committing the offense by the State’s complaining witness, Federal Narcotics Agent Sam Roberts.

*24In Sutton v. State, 170 Tex.Cr.R. 617, 343 S.W.2d 452, this Court said:

“It is the general rule that where the criminal intent originates in the mind of an accused, the fact that the officers furnish the opportunity for or aid the accused in the commission of a crime constitutes no defense to…