Is evidence of criminal antecedents admissible where the accused was at the scene of the crime?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Kanthasamy, 2006 CanLII 18368 (ON SC):
In Arcangioli v. The Queen, supra, evidence of a third party suspect’s criminal antecedents was admissible where the third party was at the scene of the crime and the accused testified that he observed the third party commit the offence.
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