Assertion: character evidence | /r/HasProperty | offered by defendant
Facets:
value: as circumstantial evidence
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Character evidence is admissible in a criminal trial if offered by a defendant as circumstantial evidence—through reputation or opinion evidence—to show their own character, as long as the character evidence the defendant seeks to introduce is relevant to the crime with which the defendant is charged.
text: Character evidence offered by the defendant [ edit ]
text: Character evidence is also admissible in a criminal trial if offered by a defendant as circumstantial evidence—through reputation or opinion evidence—to show an alleged victim's "pertinent" character trait—for example, to support defendant's claim of self-defense to a charge of homicide.