Haggerty v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is the sale of marihuana; the punishment, ten (10) years.

Tyler Police Officer Willie Hardy testified that on June 4, 1971, while working undercover he purchased a quantity of marihuana from appellant.

Appellant’s first ground of error challenges the chain of custody of the marihuana. Agent Hardy testified that after the purchase he sealed the quantity in a “lock-seal evidence envelope” and took it to the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Laboratory in Dallas, and that he later picked up the same sealed container from the laboratory and returned it to a…