Polanco v. State

475 S.W.2d 763 (1971)

Louis POLANCO, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 44230.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 14, 1971.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1972.

James Moore, Houston, for appellant.

Robert O. Smith, Dist. Atty., Lawrence Wells and Phoebe Lester, Asst. Dist. Attys., Austin, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of heroin where the punishment was assessed by a jury at 35 years.

There is no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. Austin police officers, armed with…