In a circumstantial case involving mobile phone cell tower evidence, vehicle tracking evidence, DNA evidence, and eyewitness descriptions, the evidence must be assessed as a whole rather than in piecemeal fashion. The absence of the applicant's DNA on a weapon does not preclude conviction where there are explanations for its absence and the remaining circumstantial evidence is compelling. A Renzella discretion does not arise where the offender has not spent any 'dead time' on remand but is serving an existing sentence.
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