R. v. Stevenson, 2014 ONCA 842
[92] The identity of the killer was the only issue at trial. An accused’s conduct after the homicide, including lies to the police, can have circumstantial value on the issue of identity: see, e.g., R. v. Polimac, 2010 ONCA 346, 254 C.C.C. (3d) 359, leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused, [2010] S.C.C.A. No. 263. The evidentiary value, if any, of evidence of lies told to the police by an accused will depend on the nature of that evidence, the other evidence adduced in the case, the inferences reasonably available from that evidence as a matter of common sense and human experience, and the relevance of those inferences to the live issues at trial: see R. v. Rodgerson, 2014 ONCA 366, 309 C.C.C. (3d) 535, at paras. 50-54; R. v. Jones (2006), 2006 CanLII 28086 (ON CA), 81 O.R. (3d) 481 (C.A.), at paras. 5-6.
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