Legal Opinion
Castillo v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 7, 1976No. 50639PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROWN, Commissioner.
This is an appeal from a conviction for sale of a controlled substance, to-wit: heroin. The jury assessed punishment at 15 years in the Texas Department of Corrections.
The record reflects that David Stallings, an undercover narcotics officer with the Texas Department of Public Safety, purchased a tin foil packet from the appellant on October 16, 1973. The foil packet was found to contain heroin.
Appellant in his brief raises two grounds of error that are closely related and will, therefore, be discussed together. In his first ground of error appellant contends that…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Essary v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Trammell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Boening v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Hernandez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2006
- Warren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Collins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Peltier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Michael Eugene Sharp v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
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