State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Fingerprint evidence standing alone is sufficient to sustain a conviction if, from the circumstances of the fingerprint, the finder of fact can determine that guilt is the only reasonable hypothesis. State v. Davenport, 445 So.2d 1190 (La.1984); State v. Wade, 467 So.2d 1191 (La.App. 2d Cir.1985). Circumstantial evidence supports a conviction when, upon viewing that evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, a rational juror could have concluded that the alternative hypothesis of innocence was not sufficiently reasonable to preclude a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Guillory

2. “assuming every fact to be proved that the evidence tends to prove, in order to convict, it must exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 685 So. 2d 1148 - State v. Barnes