Sione Tau Uluakiola v The Queen - SC 28/2007
Summary
Criminal – appeal against conviction – provocation – whether R v Tai [1976] 1 NZLR 102 should be overruled – meaning of “ ordinary person” in s 169(2)(a) of the Crimes Act 1961 – whether appellant’ s Tongan ethnicity and background a qualifying “special characteristic” that could have increased the gravity of the provocation. CA 123/06 6 December 2006
Result
Application for leave to appeal dismissed
22 June 2007
22 June 2007
Related Documents
Leave judgment - leave dismissed — ULUAKIOLA v R SC 28/2007 [22 June 2007] (PDF 16 KB)
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