Legal Opinion

Hartsock v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 19, 2010No. 2-09-305-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ANNE GARDNER, Justice.

I. Introduction

Appellant Debra Hartsock appeals from her conviction for driving while intoxicated. In her sole point, Appellant contends that the admission of a DVD — showing a person’s eyes with and without nystag-mus — as demonstrative evidence was reversible error because the State failed to establish the scientific reliability of the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test performed on the DVD. We will affirm.

II. Background

Shortly before 2 p.m. on November 19, 2008, while driving northbound on Locust Street in Denton, Texas, Lawrence Gregg observed a Jeep…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Kelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Moses v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  3. Emerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  4. Garrett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  5. Marras v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Washington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2016
  2. Travis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  3. Afrim Hysenaj v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2015
  4. Balderas, Juan A/K/A ApacheTexas Supreme Court · 2015
  5. Bradley Alan Depoy v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014

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