4 Dec 2019
SALVAJI v R [2019] NZCA 611
- Citation
- [2019] NZCA 611
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held that trial counsel's strategic decisions were within the range of competent advocacy and did not cause a miscarriage of justice; the recorded telephone call was admissible because it was a voluntary conversational exchange not elicited by state interrogation; prior consistent statements were admissible to rebut fabrication subject to appropriate jury directions which were given; and the minimum period of imprisonment (seven years of a 14‑year term) was not manifestly excessive given the gravity, duration and premeditation of the offending and the discount already applied for go…
- Sexual offending against a child
- Ineffective assistance of counsel
- Admissibility of recorded conversations
- Prior consistent statements
- Representative charges
- Minimum period of imprisonment