Opinion ID: 1882577
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Text: On appeal, Ballard raises four issues: (1) The State did not prove the charges against him; (2) the trial court erred in finding that no discovery violation occurred when the State failed to disclose the fingerprint comparison chart prepared by the State's fingerprint expert for use as a demonstrative exhibit at trial; (3) the trial court violated the Eighth Amendment by finding that the defense failed to prove the mitigating circumstances of brain damage and Ballard's impaired capacity to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law; and (4) the Florida Death Penalty Statute is unconstitutional because it violates the Sixth Amendment right to have aggravating circumstances found by the jury. It is only necessary that we discuss the first issue because we find that the evidence presented is insufficient to support Ballard's convictions.