Legal Opinion

Rangel v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 5, 1973No. 47745PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

In a trial before the court appellant was convicted of driving while intoxicated as a second offender; the punishment, two (2) years imprisonment.

Appellant’s sole contention is that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of the results of a breathalyzer test, over objection, when no proper predicate had been laid for its admission.

Recently in French v. State, 484 S.W.2d 716, this Court had occasion to reiterate the three-prong predicate for the admissibility of an interpretation of the results of a breathalyzer test stated in Hill v. State, 158 Tex.Cr.R. 313, 256…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  2. French v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Milligan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962
  5. Woods v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Cotton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Langford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Cotton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Moseley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1985
  5. Moseley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1985

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