ROONEY
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PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
2012
MEMORIAL FOR THE APPELLANT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Index of Authorities .................................................................................................... iii Statement of Jurisdiction.............................................................................................. iv Statement of Facts ..........................................................................................................v Questions Presented ...................................................................................................viii Summary of Pleadings ..................................................................................................ix Pleadings I. APELLANT HAS NO MENS REA FOR THE OFFENCE………...…………...1 A. Absence of intention since the device had automatically connected……………2 B. Respondent is careless for having a no-password-protection wifi……………....2 II. APPELLANT HAS NO INTENTION TO AVOID PAYMENT FOR THE SERVICE HE RECEIVED..........................................................................................5 III. THE POLICE COMPUTER FORENSIC ANALYST IS NOT AN EXPERT........................................................................................................................7 A. No formal education on forensic computer………………..……………….…...7 B. Mere experience cannot be amounted as an expert…………………………......9 C. Evidence made is not of the same weight as made by those who have special studies…………………………………………………………………………...9 IV. THE POLICE COMPUTER FORENSIC ANALYST LACKS OF EXPERTISE…………………………………………………………………………10 A. Absence of ability to explain how the tool (the computer forensic software) works………………………………………………………………………...…10 B. A bare expression of opinion has no evidential value at all……………….…..12 Conclusion and prayer for relief………………………………………………….......15
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INDEX OF AUTHORITIES Case Law
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