Dausch v. State
Annotate this CaseAdrien Mobley was murdered in 1987, and for fifteen years, the case languished. DNA testing finally led investigators to Defendant. After a jury trial in 2011, Defendant was convicted of the murder and aggravated battery of Mobley and was sentenced to death for the murder conviction. The Supreme Court reversed and vacated both of Defendant’s convictions and sentences, holding that there was a lack of competent substantial evidence to conclude, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Defendant was the person responsible for Mobley’s death, as the competent substantial evidence linked Defendant to Mobley’s car, not Mobley’s murder. Remanded for a judgment of acquittal.
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