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Dog Scent Lineup Conviction Reversed

By Steve Hall

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed a murder conviction based upon a dog scent lineup run by a former deputy sheriff.  The opinion in Richard Lynn Winfrey v. State of Texas is in Adobe .pdf format.  Judge Cochran wrote a concurring opinon. "Texas court reverses conviction in dog scent case," is the AP report via Google News.  It's written by Jeff Carlton.  Here's an extended excerpt: A man convicted of murder after three bloodhounds allegedly matched his scent to the victim should be set free because the evidence against him was not legally sufficient, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday. The court acquitted Richard Winfrey Sr., reversing his 2007 conviction in the murder of high school janitor Murray Burr in the small town of Coldspring, about 60 miles north of Houston...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).