10 Oct 2016
HENDERSON v R [2016] NZCA 431
- Citation
- [2016] NZCA 431
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Viewed in the full context of the three-phase trial the Judge's robust and at times forthright remarks were provisional trial-management interventions aimed at focusing the defence on the substantive Crown case; the Judge repeatedly granted adjournments and opportunities to respond, and a fair-minded lay observer would not reasonably apprehend that the Judge had failed to bring an impartial mind to the determination of guilt; accordingly the appeal against conviction is dismissed.