This story in the paper yesterday caught my attention. It's about a burglar in Germany who has been identified by the distinctive earprint he has allegedly left behind when pressing it against doors to see if anyone is at home.Like a lot of these internet stories that do the rounds, it contains enough specifics that …
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R v Smith (No 5) [2011] NSWSC 1459: relevant but weak evidence
With the end of the year rapidly approaching I'm yet again caught with a pile of interesting (and possibly important) cases sitting in my inbox, and no time to properly digest them. An example is R v Smith (No 5) [2011] NSWSC 1459. Like many trial court decisions it's useful as an application of the …
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R v Carpenter [2011] ACTSC 71: Requirements of a valid identification
R v Carpenter [2011] ACTSC 71 involved a series of pre-trial rulings about the admissibility of identification evidence.Identification evidence means evidence that is—(a) an assertion by a person to the effect that a defendant was, or resembles (visually, aurally or otherwise) a person who was, present at or near a place where— (i) the offence …
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