Ceniceros v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

In a trial before a jury appellant was convicted of possession of heroin. Punishment was assessed at five years.

In appellant’s sole ground of error he contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to suppress evidence “because there was not sufficient probable cause on the part of the arresting officer to stop and investigate the appellant.”

Prior to the introduction of evidence of the heroin, the court conducted a hearing in the absence of the jury on appellant’s motion to suppress such evidence. Officer Nunez of El Paso Police Department testified…