Roberts v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
*894OPINION
DOUGLAS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for the possession of heroin. The jury assessed the punishment at forty-five years.
Appellant’s sole ground of error is that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence.
The record shows that on April 13, 1971, the appellant, his wife, Kathie Roberts, and his mother, Marie Roberts, were visiting his father and brother in the Travis County jail, and while there, the appellant was arrested for possession of heroin. The events leading to the arrest of appellant are important to the…
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