The Court proposed what is known as the Handy test for determining whether past occurrences that resemble the crime can be admitted as evidence.

The Crown tried to introduce evidence of Handy's history with his ex-wife which involved seven past sexual assaults on her.

The issue before the Supreme Court was whether Handy's history of violence with his ex-wife is admissible as evidence.

Justice Binnie, writing for the Court, used this case to restate the approach to similar fact evidence.

The moral prejudice includes evidence that will cause the jury to think that the accused is a bad person.