4 May 2023
L (CA564/2022) v R [2023] NZCA 144
- Citation
- [2023] NZCA 144
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Evidence that the complainant had seen the defendant be violent was admissible to explain her reactions; the trial judge properly curtailed irrelevant cross-examination about the mother's allegations to avoid a collateral trial and mitigated any prejudice by directions; the inadvertent unredacted reference to going 'back' to prison was cured by a strong direction and did not require aborting the trial; and the sentencing judge properly declined home detention and imposed 21 months' imprisonment given the appellant's denial, drug use, assessed high risk and unsuitability of the proposed addres…