Arriaga v. State

OPINION

CARR, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury conviction of unlawful delivery of heroin less than twenty-eight grams. The trial court assessed a punishment of ten years confinement, probated, and a $1,000.00 fine. Appellant, David Morua Arriaga, brings this appeal raising four points of error.

In his first point of error appellant asserts the trial court committed reversible error by denying appellant’s timely request to make an opening statement to the jury immediately following the State’s opening. At the conclusion of the State’s opening argument, appellant’s counsel asked to make an…