Commonwealth v. French (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-031-17)
Fingerprint evidence alone insufficient to support breaking and entering and larceny convictions when Commonwealth failed to prove fingerprint was placed during the crime.
Fingerprint evidence alone insufficient to support breaking and entering and larceny convictions when Commonwealth failed to prove fingerprint was placed during the crime.
Latent fingerprint on window pane used to enter burglarized market, combined with circumstantial crime scene evidence, sufficiently supports conviction for breaking and entering and larceny.