Parks v. State

Head, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) In this case the State relied solely upon circumstantial evidence to establish the guilt of the defendant. “To warrant a conviction on circumstantial evidence, the proved facts shall not only be consistent with the hypothesis of guilt, but shall exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused.” Code, § 38-109. The proved facts as shown from the record in this case are sufficient to establish a suspicion of the guilt of the accused, but they are wholly insufficient to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable…