New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Pseudoephedrine

Legal area

Court

4 Oct 2017

ZHITONG LI v R [2017] NZSC 148

Citation

[2017] NZSC 148
Court

Supreme Court

Leave to appeal was dismissed because the Court of Appeal correctly applied established principles, no matter of general or public importance was raised, and no miscarriage of justice was demonstrated; there was no requirement to repeat the inference direction for the applicant.
5 Jul 2006

GOLDSTONE V MANUKAU DISTRICT COURT HC AK CIV-2005-404-6262

Citation

openlaw-cd784d75_0c13_4ac6_a7ec_4ca98eb079e2.pdf
Court

High Court

The High Court held Judge Harvey correctly applied the s 347 test: the circumstantial evidence was sufficient to permit reasonable inferences of guilt that a properly directed jury could accept, so the question of weight and credibility was for the jury and the discharge application was properly dismissed.