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Discharge application (s147 criminal procedure act 2011)
  • 4 Oct 2023

    HIKAKA-BEATTIE v R [2023] NZCA 480

    Citation
    [2023] NZCA 480
    Court
    Court of Appeal

    Leave to bring a second appeal was denied because the proposed appeal did not raise any matter of general or public importance and there was no realistic prospect of demonstrating a miscarriage of justice given the concurrent findings of the District and High Courts that the object was a firearm and the sufficiency of the evidential basis for conviction.

    • Leave to appeal
    • Second appeal
    • Miscarriage of justice
    • Sufficiency of evidence
    • Definition of firearm
    • Discharge application (s147 criminal procedure act 2011)