Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Maria Martinez, Appellant v. the State of Texas

June 28, 20002000 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 74

Summary

The Court held that Martinez failed to preserve a claim that the laboratory supervisor was not an expert and that his testimony was hearsay; consequently, the trial court's admission of the testimony was proper and the Court of Appeals' reversal was reversed. Justice WOMACK, in a concurring opinion, noted a separate harmless hearsay error regarding the weight of the substance.