Vega v. State

OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

The appellant was tried before the court upon stipulated evidence, and the court found him guilty of possession of heroin and assessed his punishment at twelve years confinement.

The stipulated evidence indicates that officers of the Houston Police Department obtained a warrant to search the appellant’s residence in June 1983. When the officers arrived at appellant’s house, he tried to leave through the back door, but was brought back into the house and read the Miranda warnings. Then according to the recitation in the record,

Officer Farrar asked [appellant] if he…