Supreme Court of Florida· 2/23/2006

Ballard v. State

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923 So. 2d 475
2006 WL 408358

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“If the State’s evidence is not inconsistent with the defendant’s hypothesis of innocence, then no jury could return a verdict in favor of the State.”
“Suspicions alone cannot satisfy the State’s burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt....”
\Suspicions alone cannot satisfy the State's burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt....\
“The murder weapon was never discovered, and, although the curl bar and weight found at the scene had bloody-fingerprints, none of them were identified as Ballard’s.”
“The murder weapon was never discovered, and, although the curl bar and weight found at the scene had bloody fingerprints, none of them were identified as Ballard’s.”
“[W]hile there was one hair identified as Ballard’s from Jones’ hand, there were other hairs not traced to Ballard on the hand, and literally hundreds of other unidentified hairs at the scene that were never DNA-tested.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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