Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
12-2020
Abstract
When confronted with the question of whether to admit similiar fact for criminal cases, courts in Singapore are often faced with balancing potentially competing norms in the form of evidential expediency and fairness to the accused. Specifically, although similiar fact may help establish the ingredients of an offence, there existis a real risk that any resulting conviction of the accused and this potential weakness in inferential reasoning through indirect proof will - to use the word in its broadest sense - predjudice the accused.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Criminal Law
Research Areas
Innovation, Technology and the Law
Publication
Singapore Academy of Law Practitioner
First Page
1
Last Page
18
ISSN
2661-4855
Publisher
Singapore Academy of Law
City or Country
Singapore
Embargo Period
5-4-2021
Citation
CHEN, Siyuan.
The use of similar fact in criminal proceedings: An updated framework. (2020). Singapore Academy of Law Practitioner. 1-18.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3252
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Authors
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