The principle of multiple admissibility: if evidence is inadmissible for one purpose, it may be admissible for another purpose; if evidence is inadmissible to show one fact, the evidence, if relevant to another fact, may be admissible to show the other fact.

Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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