14 May 2021
RENES v R [2021] NZCA 188
- Citation
- (2021) 30 CRNZ 114
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Representative charges framed under s 20(2) CPA were permissible in the circumstances; although a unanimity direction became necessary once the trial evidence disclosed distinguishable incidents, the failure to give that direction did not create a real risk of miscarriage because the jury's ninth question demonstrated they relied on specific occasions where the appellant was absent; conviction on the ACC24 charge was lawful because registration could supply or enable a pecuniary advantage and any directional points about belief/claim of right did not produce a miscarriage given the jury rejec…