Character Evidence — SQE1 FLK2 Criminal Law and Practice

His counsel said nothing against the complainant at trial, and the jury heard his record anyway.
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In this episode:
• Misconduct means an offence or other reprehensible behaviour
• Seven gateways admit a defendant's bad character; one is enough
• No leave is needed for the defendant's gateways, unlike non-defendants
• The duty to exclude reaches only gateways D and G
• An imputation made in police interview counts as an attack
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