12 Apr 2017
HATI v R [2017] NZCA 124
- Citation
- [2017] NZCA 124
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The incidents complained of did not produce a real risk of unfairness: the prosecutor's remark merely indicated the witness did not wish to see the defendant and was cured by repeated judicial directions about the neutral purpose of screens; the police officer's remark was readily explicable by small‑town familiarity and did not imply bad character; the re‑examination material had been foreshadowed in the interview and late disclosure of intelligence notes, while acknowledged, caused no prejudice sufficient to vitiate the trial; accordingly no miscarriage of justice occurred and convictions s…