CHAVARRIA v. STATE

No. 04-08-00447-CR.

307 S.W.3d 386 (2009)

Hector CHAVARRIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

November 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Gill, Assistant Public Defender, Laredo, TX, for Appellant.

Sara A. Martinez, Assistant District Attorney, Laredo, TX, for Appellee.

Sitting: SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice, REBECCA SIMMONS, Justice, MARIALYN BARNARD, Justice.


OPINION

Opinion by: SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

Defendant, Hector Chavarria, was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of $10,000. On appeal, he asserts the expert testimony of a psychologist specializing in the area of child sexual abuse was unreliable pursuant to Texas Rule of Evidence 702 because the expert did not testify about the rate of error of his methodology, and because his methodology...

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