United States v. Bonner, No. 10-4768 (4th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of armed robbery and, after a renewed motion for a judgment of acquittal, the district court overturned his conviction based on insufficient evidence. At issue was what constituted a proper inference for a jury to draw when making determinations of guilt. The court held that the government failed to produce sufficient "identity" evidence placing defendant at the robbery and relied on unsubstantiated, unscientific inferences to bolster its minimal evidence. Therefore, the court held that no reasonable jury could find defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt based on the evidence presented at trial. Accordingly, the court affirmed the district court's judgment.
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