Hartman v. State

OPINION

Opinion by:

TOM RICKHOFF, Justice.

Does a trial court abuse its discretion by admitting an expert’s testimony, relating the results of a blood-alcohol test back *491from the time it was taken to the time a defendant was driving, when the expert acknowledges he does not know the defendant’s weight or his eating or drinking history on the occasion in question? We answer in the negative.

Allen Spock Hartman was convicted by a jury of being intoxicated while driving or operating a motor vehicle in a public place. See Tex. PeN.Code Ann. § 49.04 (Vernon 1994). Punishment was assessed at ninety days…