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R v Robinson
Judgment date: 19/10/1995
Court: VSCA
Judge: Phillips CJ, Southwell AJA and Vincent AJJA
Citation:
[1996] 1 VR 402;
BC9502477;
Catchwords: Evidence; Similar fact; Relationship evidence; Whether prohibited evidence of propensity;
Criminal law; Directions to jury; Reliability of complainant in sexual offence cases; Whether judge should have given a Longman warning;
Criminal law; Verdicts; Unsafe or unsatisfactory verdict; Whether complainant's evidence too unreliable to support verdict;