22 Dec 2016
SONG v R [2016] NZCA 641
- Citation
- [2016] NZCA 641
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The warrantless search was lawful and its results admissible because the phone was in the appellant's possession at arrest, there were reasonable grounds (identification via phone number, admissions and likelihood of images/communications/location data) to believe it contained evidential material under s88 and s125, and immediate search was reasonable under s21 given the real risk evidence could be deleted before a warrant could be obtained.