25 Oct 2016
DEMISSIE TEFERA ASGEDOM v R [2016] NZSC 138
- Citation
- [2016] NZSC 138
- Court
- Supreme Court
The Court held that the amended indictment grouping transactions into 30 counts was appropriate and not prejudicial in a judge-alone trial; the Excel spreadsheet was admissible as business records and as a summary under s 133 of the Evidence Act 2006; the applicants were not denied effective disclosure because the spreadsheet contained the transaction details and they could have pursued non-party disclosure under the Criminal Disclosure Act 2008 but did not; substituting the named individual in the indictment did not alter the material facts and did not breach the co-conspirator rule; the sen…