21 Sept 2017
MOHAMAD v POLICE [2017] NZHC 2290
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 2290
- Court
- High Court
Although the constable's description of the neck mark as 'fresh' amounted to inadmissible lay opinion about timing, the error was harmless because the admissible fact of a neck injury proximate to the incident supported the complainant's account and the judge did not rely on 'freshness'; trial counsel's decisions (not to summons R and to rely on the apparent willingness of R to attend) were reasonable and did not cause a miscarriage of justice; the written statement was lawfully obtained because rights were communicated and no request for counsel or interpreter was made; unauthenticated GPS/t…