SD v Dick head68 2020 Crim 15
SD v Dick_head68 [2020] Crim 15
| Date of judgment | 5th November 2020 |
| Judge | Judge TheMainCharacter |
| Charges | 1 charge of Brigaiding and Raiding (Article 72 of the Criminal Code) |
| Verdict | Not guilty |
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JUDGMENT by Justice TheMainCharacter
Use of past court proceedings as evidence
[1] The prosecution cited prior court proceedings, namely the evidence used in SD v Dick_head68 [2020] Crim 3, without entering it as evidence during the pre-trial.
[2] Since it is not used to establish new facts, and only bring to the attention of the court facts already established, the court allows this.
Review of the evidence
[3] The prosecution presents evidence of I_wanna_kill_myself.com admitting to having raided WeeklyDictator in order to cause a meme war. The accused also admits to being Dick_head.
[4] The defense questions whether the accused is actually dick_head. The court finds that no reasonable doubt has been raised about the identity of the accused, as their behaviour of declaring themselves to be dick_head is consistent with their past use of alts, and that impersonating dick_head would have no benefit.
[5] The evidence shows Dick_head admitting to having raided but does not show Dick_head actually raiding. A confession to a crime cannot by itself be taken as proof of the crime, unless the action of claiming itself is criminalised.
[6] Furthermore, the prosecution has failed to show that the community that was raided reached out to SimDemocracy's officials, which is required by statute (Article 72 of the Criminal Code) for the accused to be convicted of the crime of Brigading and Raiding.
Verdict
[7] The court finds the accused not guilty of Brigading and Raiding.
Citations
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