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16 Mar 2020

Criminal law 2020 BCSC 381

R. v. Edgar

Court: Supreme Court of British Columbia

Section 276 application in a sexual assault case granted: the court admitted DNA-related evidence and permitted questions about the complainant’s prior intercourse with her husband.

Section 276 criminal code admissibility
Prior sexual activity evidence
Dna evidence and transfer
Consent and credibility
Judicial gatekeeping
Section-276

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4 Apr 2014

Criminal law 2014 BCSC 804

R. v. J.S.S.

Court: Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court partly allowed a s. 276 application, admitting limited evidence of prior consensual anal intercourse while excluding inflammatory sexual-history details as too prejudicial.

Section 276 criminal code admissibility
Prior sexual activity evidence
Consent defence
Probative value vs prejudice
Section-276-criminal-code
Sexual-history-evidence

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