Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided February 10, 2011No. 14-09-00977-CRPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.
Appellant, the State of Texas, challenges an adverse pretrial ruling suppressing and excluding expert witness testimony pertaining to dog-scent lineup identification evidence. Finding no error in the trial court’s exclusion of this evidence, we affirm.
Factual and PROCEDURAL Background
A grand jury indicted appellee Jason Alexander Smith for the 2003 offense of murder by intentionally and knowingly shooting the complainant, Daryl Hayes, with a firearm. Upon discovery of the complainant’s dead body inside a vehicle, officers used sterile gauze pads to collect…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- State v. KellyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Kelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Weatherred v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Vela v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Ronald Curtis v. W. AnthonyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
- Jason Alexander Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2014
- Aviles-Barroso v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
- State v. Rodolfo Dominguez, Jr., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2011
- HAMAL v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2011
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