What is the test for admissible similar fact evidence?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Krawchuk, 1988 CanLII 7208 (MB CA):
The leading authority on similar fact evidence is Makin v. A.G. New South Wales, [1894] A.C. 57 (P.C.), where it was laid down that evidence is not admissible where similar fact evidence is adduced "for the purpose of leading to the conclusion that the accused is a person likely from his criminal conduct or character to have committed the offence for which he is being tried".
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