22 Dec 2020
KUMAR v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2020] NZHC 3491
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 3491
- Court
- High Court
The trial Judge reasonably rejected the appellant's account based on credibility and judicial experience; having rejected that account the presumption in s 77(2) applied to attribute the blood alcohol level recorded in the blood specimen to the time of driving, supporting conviction; no miscarriage of justice was shown, so the appeal is dismissed.
- Driving with excess alcohol
- Blood and breath alcohol testing
- Presumption under s 77(2) land transport act
- Credibility findings
- Miscarriage of justice