22 Mar 2021
HUNTER v R [2021] NZCA 75
- Citation
- [2021] NZCA 75
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Where items charged together were logically connected as property stolen in the same transactions from the same owners, s17 was not breached; the summing‑up and question trail sufficiently required juror agreement on essential elements and did not give rise to a realistic risk of inconsistent reasoning; fresh evidence was inadmissible because it was not fresh or cogent; trial counsel was not ineffective; return of tools and photographic evidence did not render convictions unsafe.