23 Jul 2020
P (CA470/2017) v R [2020] NZCA 304
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 304
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held that the contested expert memory affidavits did not assist the decisive appellate question and declined to admit them; Dr Ahmad's memory-related evidence at trial was not materially prejudicial or outcome-determinative; evidence about a foster daughter's complaint was admissible for the limited non-hearsay purpose of explaining the complainant's motive to report and s8 did not require exclusion; the judge's consent direction and trial counsel's tactical leading of the defendant did not cause a miscarriage of justice; prosecutor's comments were not of sufficient impropriety to o…
- Historic sexual offending
- Expert evidence on memory
- Hearsay and probative value (s8)
- Jury directions on consent and delay
- Trial counsel conduct
- Prosecutorial remarks