Tibbetts v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a conviction for sale of marihuana wherein the punishment was assessed at eight (8) years.

Initially, appellant complains of the court’s action in refusing to submit to the jury as a fact issue the question of whether the undercover agent Watson was an accomplice witness.

Lonnie Watson testified that on January 6, 1971, he was a deputy sheriff working as an undercover agent in cooperation with the Amarillo Police Department and had been working in such capacity or as an informer for several months. He related that on January 6, 1971, he…