Bloodhound Trailing Evidence, Is It Admissible?

• NCJ Number: 112354
• Journal: Law and Order Volume: 36 Issue: 7 Dated: (July 1988) Pages: 43-45
• Author(s): M Lorring
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 3 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article discusses a survey of court proceedings which discloses various rules for the admission of bloodhound evidence.

Abstract

A number of State courts have held that bloodhound-trailing evidence is admissible if certain conditions and procedures are followed, while others have held such evidence is inadmissable for various reasons. Court decisions handed down in California, Georgia, the State of Washington, Montana, Arizona, North Carolina, and New Hampshire are cited. The reaction of juries to bloodhound evidence is discussed.