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character witness
(redirected from Character evidence)

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Noun1.character witness - a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives
witness - (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law


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His conviction was then used as bad character evidence when he was later tried of indecently assaulting a seven-year-old girl 10 years earlier, and then possessing 730 pornographic images.
Judge Larry Fidler rejected a defence bid to get the case declared a mis-trial, on the grounds that the prosecutors were trying to convict Spector with character evidence rather than facts.
The panel have also heard character evidence, including evidence from officers from minority backgrounds, and have accepted that PC Bettley has always acted professionally and has never demonstrated any racist behaviour.
 
 
 
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