¶61 (dissenting) — The majority holds a trial judge properly excluded defense evidence that directly contradicts the State’s theory of the crime but continues that even if such was error, the error was harmless. I disagree. Brian Lord was convicted of murdering Tracy Parker. The State’s theory is Parker asked Lord for a ride home from a stable before Lord killed her. But the trial judge excluded testimony from a dog handler that the handler’s bloodhound trace…
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