Woman Challenges Murder Conviction, Scent Lineup
Updated, April 18, 4:30 p.m.:
In a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals hearing this morning, Megan Winfrey’s lawyer argued that when prosecutors presented dog scent lineups as “infallible, accepted scientific evidence,” they impacted the way the jury in Winfrey’s murder trial reviewed the additional, corroborating evidence.
Winfrey was convicted for the 2004 murder of Murray Burr, 51, a custodial worker at Coldspring High School, which Winfrey attended at the time of the murder. After hearing from the lawyers, the court will determine whether the evidence was legally sufficient to convict Winfrey. There is no set date ...
Comments (6)
Susan Flores via Texas Tribune on Facebook
people are too quick to sue anybody without facts first or the right person . greed not grief if you wait 2 plus yrs before suing.
Clay Daniel via Texas Tribune on Facebook
She was convicted by what a police officer says the dog indicated. Only in Texas.... Absolutely idiotic.
Joseph Myer Sanderson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
This conviction stinks.
Reda Cavender
Okay, if the cops want a sample of her pubic hair, or did then, they could have used some other form of DNA to compare with whatever evidence they had. If at the time of the arrest the cops had only pubic hair, and wanted another pubic hair to compare it to the one they had, then...where was the pubic hair found? If she was a student at the high school, then she probably was under 18, so if her pubic hair was found at all in the victim's trailer, then it could be statuary rape, and she could have killed him in self defence.
tony bugliardini
The story lists Megan's dad and brother as being off working in North Dakota and earning $ toward her appeal. They need to sue the pants off San Jacinto County for wrongful imprisonment etc, then use the $ toward Megan's appeal & attorney to ram it right back in the San Jacinto DA's rear end. Sounds to me like the DA's office is trying to save face and keep that girl locked up for as long as they can.
carol Thomson
It's a cut and dry case. She should be exhonerated.