Key legal question
Whether the cantonal judgment violated in dubio pro reo as a rule on the burden of proof and assessment of evidence.
Extracted holding
No; the conviction was based on a chain of evidence and did not rest on an erroneous allocation of the burden of proof or an arbitrary assessment of the evidence.
Extracted reasoning
The first-instance judges relied on a clearly stated set of indicia, witness statements, fingerprints, and corroborating admissions. The Federal Court found no manifestly untenable reasoning and no serious, irreducible doubt requiring acquittal.