20 Apr 2018
L (CA450/2017) v R [2018] NZCA 104
- Citation
- [2018] NZCA 104
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The appeal failed because the trial judge's directions, when read in context, were adequate: he expressly directed the jury to treat counts separately, correctly explained when cross-admissible 'pattern' evidence may be mutually supportive without creating an appreciable risk of improper propensity reasoning, the representative charges complied with s20 CPA and did not require a unanimity direction, demeanour directions were appropriate to context, a written question trail was not necessary given clear oral directions, and s379 CPA cured typographical errors; consequently convictions and sent…