Fingerprint Exclusion

V. The Fingerprint Evidence Does Not Identify Mr. Robinson — It Excludes Him

The State presented evidence from the window and alleged descent area through which it says the rooftop person escaped. Three latent impressions — identified as 11B, 11C and 11D — were considered suitable or of limited comparative value.

The Utah examiner excluded Tyler Robinson as the source of all three. Subsequent FBI examination was inconclusive. Source: rev.com The State will say the unknown prints could have been left by someone else at another time.

Physical evidence requires context. Presence must be tied to conduct and time. The State demands that Mr. Robinson’s DNA be treated as evidence of his conduct while insisting that unidentified prints on the alleged escape route carry no corresponding significance. The fingerprints do not establish another shooter — the defense does not carry that burden. They establish that the comparable ridge evidence from the route central to the State’s theory did not belong to Mr. Robinson. No fingerprint found on that alleged escape point identified him.