Reed v. State

OPINION

BURNETT, Justice.

Jerry Reed appeals his conviction for possession of heroin. The trial court assessed punishment, enhanced by a prior conviction, at twenty years’ confinement. Appellant raises two points of error. Because we agree with appellant that the trial court erred at the punishment stage in admitting a pen packet not properly authenticated, we reverse and remand.

The indictment charging appellant with the possession of heroin contained two enhancement paragraphs. The trial court found the allegations in the first enhancement paragraph to be not true. The trial court found the…