Barnes v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense in both appeals is sale of heroin; the punishment, set by the trial court, thirty (30) years in each case.

Appellant raises two grounds of error which relate to both appeals.

The evidence, in a light most favorable to the verdict, established that a Dallas undercover police officer purchased heroin on two separate occasions from appellant.

In ground of error number one appellant complains of the failure of the trial court to grant a mistrial because of a prejudicial hearsay statement made by one of the State’s witnesses. During the direct examination by the…