The conviction of a man accused of burglary in Springfield is getting tossed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
The judgment from Springfield District Court in 2013 was reversed Tuesday for Eric French, who was accused of breaking and entering into a neighborhood market and stealing hundreds of dollars' worth of cigarettes.
The decision was based on the argument that fingerprints found at the scene that were said to be French's could not be dated to tie him to the crime.
The court's decision comes after a split decision by the state's appellate court.