What is the test for admitting or exclusion of evidence in a criminal case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Bui and Nguyen, 2006 BCPC 47 (CanLII):
The test for admission or exclusion of evidence is set out in Regina v. Collins, 1987 CanLII 84 (SCC), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 265. The general test is whether the admission of the evidence could bring the administration of justice into disrepute in the eyes of a reasonable person, dispassionate and fully apprised of the circumstances of the case.
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