LAWS2351 FINAL EXAM NOTES

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Contents BACKGROUND 3 PROSECUTION & DEFENCE DUTIES 4 RELEVANCE (STARTING POINT) 13 CREDIBILITY 17 EXCEPTIONS TO THE CREDIBILITY RULE 19 EXCEPTION 1A: CROSS EXAMINATION OF A WITNESS (S 103) 19 EXCEPTION 1B: CROSS EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT(S 104) 20 EXCEPTION 2A: REBUTTAL OF DENIALS (S 106) 21 EXCEPTION 3: RE-EXAMINATION/RE-ESTABLISHING CREDIBILITY (S 109) 25 EXCEPTION 4: SPECIALISED KNOWLEDGE (S 108C) 27 EXCEPTION 5: CHARACTER EVIDENCE OF ACCUSED (S 110) 28 EXCEPTION 6: CREDIBLITY EVIDENCE OF PERSONS NOT WITNESS (S 108A + B) 28 HEARSAY EVIDENCE 30 HEARSAY EXCEPTIONS 35 EXCEPTION 1: FIRST HAND HEARSAY 35 EXCEPTION 2: SECOND HAND HEARSAY 44 EXCEPTION 3: NON-HEARSAY PURPOSE - REPRESENTATIONS WITH MORE THAN ONE RELEVANCE 46 IDENTIFICATION EVIDENCE 49 GO THROUGH FIRST BEFORE GOING ON TO ANY CATEGORY OF ID 51 CATEGORY 1: VISUAL ID EVIDENCE (VIE) 52 CATEGORY 2: PICTURE ID EVIDENCE (PIE) 54 CATEGORY 3: AURAL ID EVIDENCE (PIE) 55 AFTER GOING THROUGH CATEGORIES – CONSIDER JUDICIAL WARNINGS 55 OPINION EVIDENCE 58 TENDENCY AND COINCIDENCE OVERARCHING RULES 63 TENDENCY EVIDENCE 64 COINCIDENCE EVIDENCE 69 JURY DIRECTIONS FOR NON-TENDENCY/COINCIDENCE PURPOSE TO AVOID IMPROPER USE 72 CHARACTER EVIDENCE 75 MANDATORY AND DISCRETIONARY EXCLUSIONS 79 GENERAL DISCRETION TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE S 135 79 MANDATORY CRIMINAL PROCEEDING EXCLUSION - S 137 81 GENERAL DISCRETION TO LIMIT EVIDENCE - S 136 84 PUBLIC POLICY DISCRETION – EXCLUSION DUE TO IMPROPRIETY / ILLEGALITY – S 138 + 139 85 JUDICIAL WARNINGS AND EVIDENCE OF A KIND THAT MAY BE UNRELIABLE 88 UNRELIABLE EVIDENCE – CHILD WITNESSES 91 DELAY IN PROSECUTION – FORENSIC DISADVANTAGE 93 WITNESS IN THE BOX: COMPETENCE AND COMPELLABILITY 96 EVALUATING WITNESSES 99 RULES RELATING TO CROSS-EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES 100 EXAMPLES 100 THE LYING WITNESS: CROSS-EXAMINING YOUR OWN WITNESS 103 CROSS EXAMINATION: LEADING QUESTIONS 107 IMPROPER QUESTIONS 109 THE RULE IN BROWNE V DUNN 112 RE-OPENING THE PROSECUTION CASE 115 THE ACCUSED IN COURT - RIGHT TO SILENCE, ACCUSED’S LIES (INC. DIRECTIONS A JUDGE CAN GIVE) AND JOINT TRIALS 117 COMPETENCE AND COMPELLABILITY 117 RIGHT TO SILENCE 117 THE ACCUSED’S LIES 119 JOINT TRIALS 120 LEAVE PROVISION 121