Citaat | Hoge Raad 4 juli 2017

Onder 3 Hoge Raad 4 juli 2017

Een alinea uit Hoge Raad 4 juli 2017, ECLI:NL:HR:2017:1016.

123. As regards the question whether the evidence of the absent witness whose statements were admitted in evidence was the sole or decisive basis for the defendant's conviction (second step of the Al-Khawaja test), the Court reiterates that "sole" evidence is to be understood as the only evidence against the accused (see Al-Khawaja and Tahery, cited above, § 131). "Decisive" evidence should be narrowly interpreted as indicating evidence of such significance or importance as is likely to be determinative of the outcome of the case. Where the untested evidence of a witness is supported by other corroborative evidence, the assessment of whether it is decisive will depend on the strength of the supporting evidence; the stronger the corroborative evidence, the less likely that the evidence of the absent witness will be treated as decisive (ibid . , § 131)."

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