22 Dec 2020
KISSLING v R [2021] NZCA 6
- Citation
- [2021] NZCA 6
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Although trial counsel omitted to advise about the statutory ineligibility for bail and the alibi notice issue, and may have given a pessimistic impression about acquittal prospects, those failures did not create a real risk that the trial outcome was affected; the appellant entered a voluntary, informed guilty plea after appreciation of the merits and available evidence, so no miscarriage of justice occurred and the appeal is dismissed.