Michael Davis Taylor v. J.S. Stainer, Warden

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that fingerprint will support conviction where conceivable explanations consistent with innocence are “far-fetched, unsupported speculation”
• “The existence of some small doubt based on an unsupported yet unrebutted hypothesis of innocence is not sufficient to invalidate an otherwise legitimate conviction.”
• defendant’s fingerprints found on inside of POE window sill of private home; no special access
• “The existence of some small doubt based on an unsupported yet unrebutted hypothesis of innocence is not sufficient to invalidate an otherwise legitimate conviction.”
• \The existence of some small doubt based on an unsupported yet unrebutted hypothesis of innocence is not sufficient to invalidate an otherwise legitimate conviction.\
• fingerprint position on sill consistent with someone crawling through window

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).