Cyndi Marcia Fairburn v The Queen - SC 20/2010
Summary
Criminal – Murder – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law by refusing to allow fresh evidence from expert witnesses[2010] NZCA 44 CA 169/2009
Result
Further evidence is admitted.
The appeal is allowed and the conviction is quashed.
A new trial is ordered.
17 December 2010.Additional Information
29 and 30 November 2010.
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath, William Young JJ
The application for leave to appeal is granted
The approved ground is whether, in the light of the further evidence tendered in this Court and in the Court of Appeal, there has been a miscarriage of justice
18 June 2010