11 Aug 2017
HANARA v R [2017] NZCA 344
- Citation
- [2017] NZCA 344
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the jury could properly reject the appellant's account and accept the Crown's case: contemporaneous letters and telephone admissions, eyewitness testimony that the appellant used a shank to 'pop the lock', and DNA on the shank established entry without authority, possession and use of an offensive weapon, and intent to assault; implied licence did not extend to violent purposes; the proposed further evidence was neither fresh nor cogent enough to affect the verdict; leave to appeal out of time was granted but the conviction and sentence appeals were dismissed.