R v Caynn Zachary FITTLER [2016] NSWDC 226

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Caynn Zachary FITTLER [2016] NSWDC 226 Hearing dates: 20, 21 September 2016 Date of orders: 21 September 2016 Decision date: 21 September 2016 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: A Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Guilty verdict to Count 1 on Indictment. Catchwords: Judge Alone; Break, Enter and Steal; Mild Intellectual Disability; Fingerprints; Joint criminal enterprise; Alibi. Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: The Queen v Baden-Clay [2016] HCA 35 Barca v The Queen [1975] HCA 42; (1975) 133 CLR 82 Coombes v Roads and Traffic Authority & Ors [2006] NSWCA 229 Parker v The King (1912) 14 CLR 681; R v Parker [1912] VLR 152 TWL v R [2012] NSWCCA 57 R v Zvonaric [2001] NSWCCA 505 Texts Cited: Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A path forward, National Academies Press 2009. National Research Council "NRC". Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification, S Cole, Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 2001. A Review of the FBI's Handling of the Brenda Mayfield case (2006) U.S. Department of Justice. House of Commons. Science and Technology Committee. Forensic Science. Second Report of Session 2013-2014, The Stationary Office Ltd, London, 2013: Forensic Science In Canada. A report of multidisciplinary discussion, MS Pollanen, MJ Bowes, SL Van Laerhoven and J Wallace, University of Toronto, 2013. Category: Principal judgment Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions Caynn Zachary FITTLER (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Ms H. Kemp. (Trial Advocate for ODPP) Mr P. Pearsall (Public Defender for offender)