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New Zealand Case Law

Admissibility of statement/evidence
  • 17 Jul 2008

    M V R SC 27/2008

    Citation
    SC 27/2008
    Court
    Supreme Court

    Leave to appeal was dismissed because the Court of Appeal had already identified the trial court's error in admitting parts of the police statement, leaving no point of law requiring correction; the disputed unfairness issue was fact‑specific and not of public importance, there was no appearance of miscarriage of justice, and the sentence was not demonstrably excessive given the multiple representative convictions and the victim's youth.