Legal Opinion

Douthitt v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided January 29, 2004No. 03-02-00810-CRPublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

W. KENNETH LAW, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant Charles Jason Douthitt guilty of intoxication manslaughter, for which the court- assessed fifteen years’ imprisonment. Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 49.08 (West 2003). Appellant contends the district court reversibly erred by admitting the results of field sobriety and intoxilyzer tests. He also contends the court erred by admitting retrograde extrapolation testimony based on the intoxi-lyzer test results. We conclude that the latter contention has merit, but we find that the error does not require reversal. Therefore, we will affirm the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Motilla v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Solomon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  3. Kelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Morales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. Emerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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3Cited by28 opinions

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  5. Hawkins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006

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