15 Jun 2020
BORELL v R [2020] NZCA 235
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 235
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the statement was admissible because rights to silence and counsel were effectively communicated and understood at the formal interview and there was no evidence the appellant did not understand or could not invoke those rights; and the complaint about failure to challenge jurors for racial prejudice failed because the accused must personally raise such challenges, there was no evidential foundation showing juror bias or that the absence of challenge caused a miscarriage of justice, and it would be inappropriate in this case to change established jury selection practice absent…