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David Noel Roigard v The Queen  - SC 25/2019

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Summary

Criminal Appeal – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in relation to evidential matters (namely jury directions and prejudice in relation to cellmate confession evidence) – Whether the Court of Appeal wrongly determined aggravating factors in determining a minimum period of imprisonment.

Result

A Leave to appeal against conviction is granted to the extent described below (Roigard v R [2019] NZCA 8).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal erred in upholding the admissibility of the proposed evidence of the witnesses F and W.
C Leave to appeal against sentence is declined.
27 June 2019
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The appeal is dismissed.
14 September 2020

Related Documents

High Court decision — R v ROIGARD [2016] NZHC 166 [15 February 2016]

Court of Appeal decision — ROIGARD v R [2019] NZCA 8 [13 February 2019]

Leave judgment - leave granted — DAVID NOEL ROIGARD v R [2019] NZSC 63 [27 June 2019] (PDF 232 KB)

Substantive judgment — DAVID NOEL ROIGARD v R [2020] NZSC 94 [14 September 2020] (PDF 277 KB)

Additional Information

Hearing - Judges

3 October 2019

Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O'Regan, Ellen France, and Williams JJ

Case synopsis  Case synopsis SC 25/2019 David Noel Roigard v The Queen