Legal Opinion

Sanchez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 7, 1971No. 43387PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the sale of herein. Two prior convictions were alleged for enhancement. The punishment was assessed by the jury at life under Article 63, V.A.P.C.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

The sole ground of error is that the court erred in overruling his motion for mistrial when an officer gave an unresponsive answer to the effect that he had information that appellant was a heroin dealer.

Bill Bessent testified that he was working as an undercover agent for the Texas Department of Public Safety and that he tried to act and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Roper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  2. Paredes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  3. Craig v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Barnes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. McGee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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