Pavlos Paul Gizelis v The Queen - SC 33/2019
Summary
Criminal Appeal – Whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal against conviction and sentence for sexual violation and kidnapping – Whether the Court of Appeal should have admitted DNA evidence led at trial – Whether the Applicant was impaired by medication in his ability to make an informed decision to elect to give evidence and whether that meant he did not receive a fair trial.
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
30 August 2019
30 August 2019
Related Documents
High Court decision — Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision — Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed — PAVLOS PAUL GIZELIS v R [2019] NZSC 94 [30 August 2019] (PDF 47 KB)