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The Queen v Dickman

[2017] HCA 24
Case number
M162/2016
Before
Kiefel CJ, Bell, Keane, Nettle, Edelman JJ
Catchwords

Criminal law – Appeal against conviction – Identification evidence – Where victim's identification of accused on photoboard admitted at trial – Where police conveyed to victim that photograph of suspect would be on photoboard – Where victim had made erroneous previous identification – Whether probative value of identification evidence outweighed by unfair prejudice to accused – Whether evidence should have been excluded under s 137 of Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) – Whether admission of identification evidence occasioned substantial miscarriage of justice.

Words and phrases – "identification evidence", "probative value", "substantial miscarriage of justice", "unfair prejudice".

Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) – s 137.

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