Michael Andrew Keith Hastie v The Queen - SC 120/2011
Summary
Criminal Appeal – Whether the trial Judge should have given a Papadopoulos direction.[2011] NZCA 498 CA 153/2011
Result
The application for leave to appeal is granted.
The approved grounds of appeal are whether the directions given to the jury before it delivered its verdicts were appropriate and, if not, whether this gave rise to a substantial miscarriage of justice?
9 February 2012
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Appeal dismissed.
23 July 2012
Additional Information
Elias CJ, Tipping, McGrath, William Young, Chambers JJ