Moore v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of delivery of heroin under the Controlled Substances Act, and the court assessed his punishment at ten years.

Appellant’s sole ground of error is that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction since no illegal controlled substance was introduced at trial. Appellant argues that the substance introduced was never properly identified as heroin.

Ronald Tucker, an undercover narcotics agent for the Department of Public Safety, testified for the State. He stated that on May 4, 1974, the appellant approached him at a drive-in in Killeen…