Character Evidence in the Criminal Trial

by Mike Redmayne

If a defendant is on trial for a crime such as burglary, to what extent should the fact that he has a previous conviction for burglary feature in his trial? Should the prosecution be allowed to tell the jury about the previous conviction as evidence that the defendant is more likely to have committed burglary? Should the judge give the defendant a longer sentence because he has a previous conviction? These are the fundamental questions examined in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199228892
• ISBN13: 9780199228898
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"