Mata v. State

Opinion by

CATHERINE STONE, Justice.

This appeal is on remand from the Court of Criminal Appeals. Raul Mata (“Mata”) is appealing his conviction of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. We originally affirmed the trial court’s judgment, concluding that the testimony of George McDougall regarding the range of Mata’s blood alcohol concentration was scientifically reliable. See Mata v. State, 13 S.W.3d 1 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 1999), rev’d, 46 S.W.Sd 902 (Tex.Crim.App.2001). The Court of Criminal Appeals granted Mata’s petition for discretionary review to decide whether McDougall’s testimony was…