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the h eroi n con vi ct i on . Jyles ev en adm i t t ed t h at he w as t h e person w h o w as arres t ed f or th e heroi n of

fen se. N evert h el ess, Jyl es den i es t h at h e w as t h e person c l ai m i n g t o be Abe Jyles wh o p l e a d e dg u i l t yt o t h e o f fe n s e a n d w a s s e n t e n c e db yt h e s t a t e c o u r t . H e re li e s u p o n th e ex iste n ce of so m e o n e els e ’ s fin g e rp rin ts o n th e re v e rs e sid e of a c o pyo f t he a r r e s tr e gi s t e r f o r t he he r o i n o f

fe ns e , as w e l la s o n t he r e ve r s e s i de of an ar r es tr egi st erf

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fens e i n hi s nam e. H e s u gge st s t hat som eon e el se w as w i l l i n g t o face t h e charges f or hi m b e ca u se “som eon e ot h er t h an t h i s Abe Jyles chose t o h ave hi s f i n gerpri n t s pu ton the arrestregi st ers f or e a c h o f th e c r im e s , a n dt h a t u s in ge ith e ra lia s e s o ra n o th e rp e r s o n ’ s id e n tit yis c o m m o n b o th w h e n co m m itt in gcr im e s o ra n s w e r in gth e irco m m is s io n .” T h e evi den ce w as su f f i ci en tto establ i sh Jyles ’ s i den t it y as the su bj ectof th e p r io rh e r o in co n v i c t i o n . S ee Un i t ed S t ate s v. L ampton , 158 F. 3d 251, 260 ( 5th Ci r . 199 8) . W e rej e c thi s t he o r y t hatt he er r antf i nge r pr i nt s on c o pi e s of t he a r r e s t r e g is te r s cr e a te d r e a s o n a b le d o u b t t h a t h e w a s co n v ic te do f th e h e r o in o ffe n s e . Itis u n d is p u te dth a t itw a s J y le s w h o w a s a r r e s te dfo rth e h e r o in of fen se. T est i m on y est abli shedtha t , i n O rl ean s Pa ri sh, f i n gerpri n t s w ere add ed t o ar r e s tre gi s t e r s a sho r tt i m e af t e rt he i ni t i alb o o ki ng i n as e pa r at e pa r to f t he bo o ki ng fac i l i t y. The o nly reaso nab l e i nfe r e nc e f r o m t he pr e s e nc e o f

s o m e o ne e l s e ’ s f i nge r pr i nt s o n t he a r r e s tr e gi s t e rw as t hatac l e r i c ale r r o roc c ur r e d. The f i n gerpri n t s on t h e arres tdocum en t ati on do n otcr eate a r eason able i n ference t hats o m e o ne o t he rt han Jy l e s s ho w e d up o n al at e rda t e f o rhi s r e ar r ai gnm e nt an d p l ead ed gu i l t y i n hi s pl ace. AF F I RMED.