Opinion No. 80-117 (1980) Ag

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• concluding that there was sufficient circumstantial evidence, even if based on inferences, to establish the defendant’s identity as the perpetrator of the charged offenses
• holding that a perpetrator’s identity can be established by evidence that is entirely “circumstantial and sometimes requires reliance on an inference founded on an inference”
• holding that a prior inconsistent statement is not determinative proof of perjury or falsity
• noting that we do not substitute our judgment for that of counsel on matters of trial strategy
• stating that it is the defendant’s burden to show that the statements were actually false
• rejecting a defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim where the defendant alleged that his counsel should have requested additional DNA testing but offered no evidence as to what that testing would have shown

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