Legal Opinion
Lara v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 13, 2015No. 08-13-00221-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Justice
Appellant Jim Lara was convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI) after blowing into an Intoxilyzer 5000, which indicated he had at least a .145 blood-alcohol level. The. legal limit in Texas is .08. At trial, the State offered the Intoxilyzer read-outs into evidence through a surrogate “technical supervisor” who was qualified to interpret the results but had no personal knowledge of the device’s condition during. testing, other than what the on-duty supervisor attested to in maintenance records. Lara objected,' contending that under the Sixth Amendment,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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