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New Zealand Case Law

Forensic psychiatry
  • 1 May 2023

    YAD-ELOHIM v R [2023] NZCA 136

    Citation
    [2023] NZCA 136
    Court
    Court of Appeal

    Fresh evidence admitted in part (limited to affidavits of trial counsel, Korean contact, defence psychiatrist background and limited use of post-trial expert report); there was no miscarriage of justice: fitness finding was properly reached, jury directions were adequate, and late disclosures and limited preparation time did not materially prejudice the defence or create a real prospect of a different verdict; appeal dismissed and conviction affirmed.