25 May 2015
R v LIU [2015] NZHC 1125
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 1125
- Court
- High Court
The 'If I die' statement, though relevant as state of mind evidence bearing on the couple's relationship and potential motive, is excluded because its prejudicial effect — the high risk the jury will use it impermissibly as proof of guilt given its accusatory nature and temporal proximity to disappearance — outweighs its probative value and cannot reliably be cured by direction.