Essay Question 2: Captain Fireman & Scent Dogs

Question 1

Cpt F’s Conclusion: pour patterns

Answer 1

“Limestreet experiment” in New Yorker article. Visually indistinguishable b/w accelerant v. post-flashover.

Question 2

Cpt F’s Conclusion: V patterns

Answer 2

What direction were they? Right-side up or upside down V? This changes whether the V pattern indicates that the fire was incendiary.

Question 3

Cpt F’s Conclusion: Annealing

Answer 3

Could be accelerant or post-flashover heat. Old wives tale!

Question 4

Legal problems w/ scent trailing evidence

Answer 4

(1) STUs - the D may have a Kelly hearing (novel device for a novel technique). Mitchell. (2) Timing - stale? (3) Admissibility under Malgren (mentioned in Mitchell): T’s T & E, D’s T & E, D’s reliability, D where S was?, and trail stale or contaminated? (4) unique scent (5) Jardine.