14 Jul 2020
W (CA641/2019) v R [2020] NZCA 286
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 286
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The conviction was quashed because there was reasonable doubt about what the appellant actually swore given obvious acknowledged alterations on the exhibit and absence of the original document to allow necessary inferences; the Crown failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that she swore the exhibit was a true unaltered copy and that she intended to mislead, rendering the verdict unsafe; no retrial was ordered given sentence served and circumstances.