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Dog Sniffs Alone Won’t Support Conviction in Texas

Wow, so this decision has quietly just slipped by under the radar (or maybe I’m just foolish enough to believe it isn’t already smeared across the blogosphere).  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, not known for being defense friendly, has taken a close look at dog-sniff evidence.  Turns out they didn’t like it so much.  In a September […]

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Choosing a Criminal Defense Lawyer in Austin (my two cents)

I guess you could put this under the “Philosophy” category of posts.  It’s admittedly a fluff piece but the idea arose from actual events today, so hopefully it’s mildly relevant or entertaining.  Maybe relevant or mildly entertaining. I had a prospect call about representation on a case, a type of case I enjoy doing, and

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Drug Dog Handlers’ Beliefs Shown to Influence False Positive Alerts

I have always had a gut reaction to dog searches. On the one hand, their senses are fantastic. Nothing better than a good bird dog retrieving game you would never find from the briar patch. Don’t mind the bomb-sniffers so much either. And there’s no question that dogs are highly effective at finding drugs in

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