Alex Kwong Wong v The Queen - SC 53/2007

Summary

Summary Criminal – appeal against convictions – serious drug offending – whether trial should have proceeded with ten jurors – consistency of guilty verdicts with acquittal of the accused on other counts and acquittal of co-accused – whether Court of Appeal correctly applied R v H [2000] 2 NZLR 581 – whether verdict in relation to one (money laundering) count is unreasonable or cannot be supported having regard to the evidence – applicant seeking leave to raise various other new grounds as evidencing a substantial miscarriage of justice at trial.CA 329/06 6 July 2007

Result

Application for leave to appeal granted.
24 September 2007
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Appeal allowed, convictions set aside. New trial ordered.
18 April 2008

Related Documents

Additional Information

The Queen v Wong [2007] NZCA 280 (6 July 2007)

WONG v R SC 53/2007 [15 February 2008]