15 Nov 2019
HARAWIRA v R [2019] NZCA 562
- Citation
- [2019] NZCA 562
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the judge at retrial properly excluded the challenged defence material because it failed the statutory thresholds for veracity or propensity or was otherwise irrelevant or would needlessly prolong proceedings, and any exclusion did not cause a miscarriage of justice; the convictions and the sentence (including the five‑year starting point reduced to 4.5 years) were within the available range and were upheld.