What is the test for establishing that evidence is of sufficient strength to reasonably affect the verdict of a jury?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Demeter, 1975 CanLII 50 (ON CA):
The sole question, therefore, is whether the evidence sought to be introduced is of sufficient strength that it might reasonably affect the verdict of a jury: McMartin v. The Queen, 1964 CanLII 43 (SCC), [1964] S.C.R. 484 at p. 493, [1965] 1 C.C.C. 142 at p. 152, 46 D.L.R. (2d) 372.
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