The case of Harold James Blackburn
Order Description
Read the files on the assault charges of Harold James Blackburn. critically study the evidence gathered by the investigators focusing mostly on the identification evidence. Give a clear definition of the terms Identification Evidence, Admissibility, and reliability(In terms of submitting evidence) including the photo identification, and comment on the investigative failure to conduct an identification parade, and the situations with might be an exception of the identification under the Evidence act 1995. Provide specific examples from the case, comment on the reliability and admissibility of the evidence in terms of the law as it stood then (1990) and in terms of how it would be perceived now under the Evidence Act 25/1995 (NSW).
Identify all the relevant eye witnesses who identified Harold James Blackburn as the offender
Harold James Blackburn was one of the retired detective chief superintendents in the south Wales police force and he was actually terminated from his job of the crime commission in the federal attorney general’s department having been charged. He was arrested and charged with 25 crimes which were involved in various accounts in George’s halland the Sutherland attacks which happened on the 24thof July 1989 which is under the crime act 1900. The evaluated evidence was a vital factor throughout the investigation which mainly contributed to Mr Blackburn incrimination of the crimes that he was charged with. Therefore, this critical essay will examine the use of the evaluated evidence throughout Mr Blackburn’s investigation along with its reliability and the admissibility under, evidence act25/1995 (NSW), crimes act 1900 and the common law.
