Abstract
Deals with the decision of the Court of Appeal in R v Dizaei (Jamshid Ali) [2013] EWCA Crim 88 which concerned the extent to which the court is obliged to admit evidence of the bad character of a prosecution witness upon a defence application in circumstances in which this would result in satellite litigation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 110-115 |
| Journal | The Journal of Criminal Law |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2013 |
Keywords
- Bad character
- admissibility
- satellite litigation
- probative value
- unproven allegations