Mathis v. State

It is vitally important that our criminal laws be thoroughly enforced and that 'judgments of conviction should not be lightly set aside. But it is likewise true, as was said by Mr. Justice Buford in Heath v. State, 97 Fla. 330, 120 So. 846, that “human liberty should not be forfeited by a conviction upon evidence which is not sufficient to convince a fair and impartial mind of the guilt of the accused to a moral certainty and beyond a reasonable doubt.” The conflict in testimony in this case on the question of personal identity of the accused persons and their presence in the locality where…