19 Jun 2019
WILMSHURST-RETI v R [2019] NZCA 233
- Citation
- [2019] NZCA 233
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Where this Court set aside a conviction because the evidence was insufficient to sustain it, the proper and orthodox exercise of its s 233 and inherent powers was to enter a judgment of acquittal rather than order a retrial; the Court therefore recalled its prior judgment and substituted an acquittal.