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tendency and coincidenceprobative value
IMM v The Queen
(2016) 257 CLR 300
Key Principle
When assessing the 'probative value' of evidence (including tendency evidence under s 97 of the Uniform Evidence Act) for admissibility purposes, the trial judge must assume the evidence is accepted and must not discount it for questions of the witness's credibility or reliability; on the facts, the complainant's other sexual-interest evidence lacked the requisite significant probative value to be admitted as tendency evidence.
Area of Law
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