State v. Todd

Fingerprint evidence alone is sufficient to support a conviction if the trier of fact can reasonably infer that the fingerprint could have been impressed only at the time of the crime.1 Officers found a methamphetamine “box lab” in an automobile. Todd Todd’s fingerprints were on four different items in the “box lab.” Mr. Todd’s fingerprints were the only evidence tying him to the “box lab.” The first question here is whether the fingerprints are sufficient to convict Mr. Todd of manufacturing methamphetamine. We conclude that they are and affirm the conviction for manufacturing.

The second…