Tony Eugene Beard v. State

OPINION

TOM GRAY, Chief Justice.

Tony Eugene Beard was convicted of driving while intoxicated and sentenced to 180 days in jail. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 49.04 (West Supp.2013). His sentence was suspended, and he was placed on community supervision for one year. On appeal, Beard argues that “the trial court erred in failing to exclude the testimony of the State’s technical supervisor, [Scott Brown,] denying Mr. Beard’s constitutional right of confrontation.” See U.S. Const. art. VI. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Scott Brown was not the technical supervisor of the Intoxilyzer 5000 at…