19 Dec 2019
DARCH v POLICE [2019] NZHC 3449
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 3449
- Court
- High Court
The trial judge's credibility findings favoring the experienced nurse and police officer were justified on the evidence; even accepting the appellant's account there was no breach of the statutory procedure for taking blood under s72 LTA (unsuccessful attempts that drew no blood do not constitute prohibited prior specimens), and no miscarriage of justice under s232 CPA was shown, so the conviction must stand.