MILES v. STATE

Nos. AQ-457, AR-3.

466 So.2d 239 (1984)

Jerry MILES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Willie Mac HAMPTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Lewis Allbritton, Pensacola, for appellant Jerry Miles.

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, Carl S. McGinnes, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant Willie Mac Hampton.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Lawrence A. Kaden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Miles and Hampton were tried and convicted of burglary and grand theft. Both appellants contend that fingerprint evidence, the sole evidence relied upon by the State to identify them as the criminals, was legally insufficient to support their convictions.

The law is clear that, where fingerprint evidence is relied upon to establish that the defendant committed the crime, the circumstances must be such that the print could have been made only at...

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