SMU Law Prof's Conviction Overturned by Appeals Court

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:57 pm

DALLAS - A state appeals court has overturned a Southern Methodist University law professor's conviction of intentionally striking a bicyclist with her car.

Jane Dolkart had been sentenced last summer to five years of probation after a Dallas County jury convicted her of aggravated assault Monday.

But a three-judge Fifth Texas Court of Appeals panel in Dallas reversed the conviction last Wednesday. It ruled that the trial judge gave a Dallas County jury flawed instructions.

Jurors had agreed she used her car as a deadly weapon when she hit Tommy Thomas, who was riding a bicycle at White Rock Lake last May.

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:08 pm

That's a good way to [deleted] off a judge in the lower court.

ponyte · Post by **ponyte** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:04 am

A little background article from 2004
http://www.lawschool.com/texasprofindicted.htm
I am an avid cyclist and have seen yoyos like this before. It is interesting that she hit another lawyer. Guess being a gender law professor was not too intimidating for her victim.

Also, so you can see what SMU hires and harbors.

http://www.law.smu.edu/lawschool/facult ... 20Jane%20L.

Also note that she hit two pedestrians crossing Hillcrest prior to trying to take out a cyclist.