Where the Crown case depends on DNA evidence to prove possession of a firearm, the Crown must exclude the reasonable possibility that the accused's DNA was deposited by secondary transfer through police handling during a search, rather than by direct contact by the accused. The possibility of secondary DNA transfer through unchanged police gloves touching surfaces the accused may have innocently touched, followed by handling of the items in question, can constitute a reasonable hypothesis consistent with innocence that the Crown must exclude.
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