Legal Opinion
Nevarez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided May 13, 1992No. 10-90-127-CRPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CUMMINGS, Justice.
A jury convicted the appellant, George Nevarez, of possession of less than 28 grams of a controlled substance: methamphetamine 1 , enhanced by two felony con victions 2 , and assessed punishment at life in prison.
In points one through eight, Nevarez complains that the court erred in allowing Charles Mott, a Texas Department of Public Safety supervising chemist, to testify from the notes of Deborah Regan, the DPS chemist who performed the lab tests on the contraband but was unavailable on the day of trial. Nevarez objected to Mott’s testimony on the grounds that it was…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Lockhart v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Stewart v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2002
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