Stephen Thomas Hudson v The Queen - SC 100/2010
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Summary
[2010] NZCA 417 CA 51/2010 13 September 2010.
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is granted.
B The permitted grounds of appeal are whether:
(i) the evidence in relation to previous acts of violence involving the appellant; and
(ii) the evidence of admissions by the appellant to witnesses that he was responsible for the deceased’s murder should have been admitted at the trial and if so whether adequate directions to the jury in respect of such evidence were given by the trial Judge.
15 December 2010
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Appeal dismissed. 19 May 2011
B The permitted grounds of appeal are whether:
(i) the evidence in relation to previous acts of violence involving the appellant; and
(ii) the evidence of admissions by the appellant to witnesses that he was responsible for the deceased’s murder should have been admitted at the trial and if so whether adequate directions to the jury in respect of such evidence were given by the trial Judge.
15 December 2010
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Appeal dismissed. 19 May 2011
Related Documents
Leave judgment - leave granted — HUDSON v R SC 100/2010 [15 December 2010] (PDF 36 KB)
Substantive judgment — HUDSON v R SC 100/2010 [19 May 2011] (PDF 223 KB)
Additional Information
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath, Anderson JJ.