25 May 2016
MURRAY & YATES v R [2016] NZCA 221
- Citation
- [2016] NZCA 221
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The convictions under the representative counts (counts 37 and 39) were quashed because the detailed evidence from the 2008 searches was improperly placed before the jury and its prejudicial effect outweighed any probative value (ss7,8 and s30 Evidence Act), producing a miscarriage of justice capable of affecting the verdicts; defects in warrant descriptions by reference to RAPID numbers were a defect but not nullities and were saved by s204 on these facts; voice identification evidence was properly admitted under s46; intercepted conversations involving non-named persons were unlawful beyond…