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LOPEZ v. STATE

No. 56827.

574 S.W.2d 563 (1978)

Melchor Tafoya LOPEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

December 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dick Stengel, El Paso, for appellant.

Steve W. Simmons, Dist. Atty. and Douglas Gelo, Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, for the State.

Before DOUGLAS, TOM G. DAVIS and VOLLERS, JJ., and CORNELIUS, Commissioner.

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Commissioner.

A jury convicted appellant of the offense of delivery of heroin. Punishment, enhanced by prior convictions, was set at confinement for life. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

According to the State's evidence, Detective Walter Mollier received information from a confidential informer that a person known as Wetto had some heroin for sale. Acting on that information, the officer and the informer went...

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