Where all eyewitnesses describe a distinctive physical feature of the perpetrator (here, blood on the face) but objective video evidence consistently fails to show that feature on the accused, this discrepancy may raise a reasonable doubt sufficient to set aside a conviction, particularly in the absence of expert evidence explaining the discrepancy. The strength of the remaining circumstantial case may warrant a new trial rather than a directed acquittal.
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