Hill v. State

In every criminal prosecution the burden is on the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the crime charged has been in fact committed, and that the accused is the person who committed it. Winslow v. State, 76 Ala. 42, 47; Smith v. State, 133 Ala. 145, 150, 31 South. 806, 01 Am. St. Rep. 21; Perry v. State, 155 Ala. 93, 46 South. 470; Sanders v. State, 167 Ala. 85, 52 South. 417, 28 L. R. A. (N. S.) 536.

Circumstantial evidence may afford satisfactory proof of the corpus delicti; and if any facts are shown from which the jury may reasonably infer that the crime has been committed, the…