Legal Opinion

Canida v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 3, 1993No. 6-90-115-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BLEIL, Justice.

This case is now before us on remand from the court of criminal appeals. Previously, we affirmed the conviction, holding, among other things, that a Department of Public Safety chemist could testify from laboratory records that another chemist had tested a substance delivered to the DPS laboratory and found it to be marihuana. Canida v. State, 823 S.W.2d 382, 383 (Tex.App.-Texarkana 1992). After our decision, the court of criminal appeals finally decided that a chemist’s report, like the one in this case, is barred from admissibility under Tex.R.CRIM.Evid. 803(8)(B)…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. Canida v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Canida v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992

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