Brooks v. People

In this case, we consider the admissibility of expert testimony describing the scent tracking and purported identification of a criminal defendant by a trained police bloodhound. • Specifically, we determine whether the “general acceptance” standard embodied in Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir.1923), or the scientific validation factors enumerated by the U.S. Supreme Court in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993), are useful to analyze scent tracking evidence. 1

We conclude that testimony .on this subject is not…