Ashford v. State

ROBERTSON, Justice,

for the Court:

I

Today’s appeal challenges that we take seriously that constitutionally-mandated and often controversial rule that no person shall be convicted of a crime save the evidence establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The case for the prosecution in this sale of cocaine case rests solely on the eyewitness identification of a paid confidential informant. Major discrepancies between the description the informant gave immediately after the sale — and stood by at trial — and the Defendant’s undeniable physical appearance generate a reasonable doubt which no…