Chuguna v WA

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Evidence
  3. › Propensity evidence
  4. › Cross-admissibility of evidence on multiple counts
  5. › Whether evidence of tendency to have sexual interest in young female children and to act on that interest in public places has significant probative value
  6. › Whether probative value outweighs risk of unfair trial
  7. › Evidence Act 1906 (WA), s 31A
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Practice and procedure
  3. › Joinder and severance of charges
  4. › Application to sever indictment
  5. › Whether cross-admissibility of propensity evidence negates prejudice from joint trial
  6. › Criminal Procedure Act 2004 (WA), s 133(3)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Evidence
  3. › Propensity evidence
  4. › Tendency evidence directed at third persons
  5. › Whether common features linking offences against different complainants give evidence significant probative value
  6. › Evidence Act 1906 (WA), s 31A(2)(a)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Evidence
  3. › Propensity evidence
  4. › Probative value in proving mental elements
  5. › Whether tendency evidence has significant probative value in proving intention and sexual motivation
  6. › Evidence Act 1906 (WA), s 31A(2)(a)

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