In what circumstances will the court admit evidence of a newspaper clipping with regard to the heroin trade in Pakistan?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Jahanrakhshan, 2011 BCSC 1528 (CanLII):
In the decision of Morris v. The Queen, 1983 CanLII 28 (SCC), [1983] 2 S.C.R. 190, it was held that it was appropriate to admit evidence of a newspaper clipping with regard to the heroin trade in Pakistan that had been found in the residence of the accused. The charge in that case was conspiracy to import and traffic in heroin, and an inference can be drawn from the unexplained presence of the clipping, according to the court. The probative value was low, but the prejudicial effect was little, so the discretion of the trial judge was not exercised to exclude.
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