Seneca v. State

The jury found appellant guilty of burglary of an occupied structure and other crimes where the only evidence linking appellant to the burglary were his fingerprints on a car battery which apparently was thrown through the window of the burgled structure. Because the state failed to prove that the fingerprints could only have been made at the time the crime was committed, the trial court erred in denying the motion for judgment of acquittal on all the charges. We therefore reverse.

Latchin Rampersad was working as a night cashier at a Chevron gas station. Athough the store was open, it kept…