Rules of Evidence in Jury Trials

Common Law Principles Applied to Sexual Violence Cases

Authors

  • Analía Verónica Reyes National University of La Plata Author

Keywords:

character evidence, propensity rule, sexual violence, jury trial

Abstract

This paper examines the rule prohibiting character evidence in Anglo-American law and its codification in the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence. It analyzes its application in People v. Weinstein and in the Argentine case Suárez (Buenos Aires Court of Cassation), where the admissibility of a prior conviction was debated in a sexual violence trial. Finally, it reflects on the challenges faced by the Argentine jury system in relation to this type of evidence.

Author Biography

  • Analía Verónica Reyes, National University of La Plata

    Lawyer, National University of La Plata (UNLP). Undergraduate professor at UNLP, UBA and UDE, teaching General Theory of Procedural Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Criminal Litigation, and Jury Trials. Member of the Argentine Association of Procedural Law and the Argentine Association of Jury Trials.

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Published

2025-09-08

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 3 (2025)

Section

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