Austlii (Supreme Court of New South Wales – Court of Criminal Appeal) CRIMINAL LAW – Evidence – Judicial discretion to admit or exclude Evidence – whether opinion evidence of identity based on facial mapping and body mapping admissible.
CRIMINAL LAW – Evidence – Expert opinion – whether facial mapping and body mapping constitute areas of ‘specialised knowledge’ – meaning of ‘specialised knowledge’ – meaning of ‘knowledge’ – s 79 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW).
CRIMINAL LAW – Evidence – Judicial discretion to admit or exclude Evidence – whether curriculum vitae of witness correctly admitted.
CRIMINAL LAW – Practice and Procedure – Whether the use of the phrase ‘ultimate issue’ in directions constituted a miscarriage of justice.
Citations:
[2006] NSWCCA 167, (2006) 65 NSWLR 681, (2006) 161 A Crim R 377
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Australia
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Cited – Atkins and Another v Regina CACD 2-Oct-2009
The court considered the use in evidence of facial photograph comparison techniques. The expert had given an opinion that the comparison gave support to a conclusion that the photograph in issue was of the defendant, but there was no database . .
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Criminal Evidence
Updated: 31 January 2022; Ref: scu.375589