Martinez v. State

OPINION

McDonald, judge.

The offense is unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit, heroin; the punishment, ten years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

While the facts are conflicting, we feel that since the jury resolved them in favor of the state and rejected the appellant’s version of the transaction, we shall adopt the state’s version of the testimony.

Officer Garcia and other officers had the apartment where appellant lived under surveillance from about 11:00 a. m. on the date in question until around 2:00 p. m. During this interval the officers observed several known…