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Criminal law 2013 BCSC 1241

R. v. Newman

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Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court excluded a Crown question about an accused's use of a false name in an unrelated Ontario proceeding, finding it would improperly attack character.

  • Admissibility of character evidence
  • Limits on cross-examination of accused
  • Credibility of accused as witness
  • Balancing probative value and prejudice
  • Cross-examination
  • Character-evidence
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Criminal law 2010 BCSC 1920

R. v. Odea

Court
Supreme Court of British Columbia

Oral voir dire ruling on use of criminal records in credibility attacks; the court allowed contextualized use of Paul Olsen’s juvenile record and no sanitizing of Tamara Odea’s record.

  • Credibility
  • Criminal record admissibility
  • Juvenile record
  • Jury directions
  • Witness credibility assessment
  • Criminal-record-evidence
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