16 Aug 2019
WIRIHANA v R [2019] NZCA 368
- Citation
- [2019] 3 NZLR 549
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Sections 230(2) and 247(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, as amended by the Courts Matters Act 2018, operate only where a jury trial election has been formally withdrawn under s53; a guilty plea entered without formal withdrawal does not amount to a withdrawal for the purposes of those provisions, and therefore appeals in the present cases lie to the Court of Appeal.