Kevin Joseph Charles Little v R - SC 88/2007

Summary Criminal – appeal against conviction and sentence – murder of baby daughter – whether verdict supportable having regard to the evidence (s 385(1)(a) Crimes Act 1961) – whether admission of expert evidence of geophysicist (animation of applicant’s pre-trial explanation of incident) resulted in a miscarriage of justice – whether minimum non-parole period of 17 years manifestly unjust.[2007] NZCA 491 CA 557/07 9 November 2007