Sione Tau Uluakiola v The Queen
Case information | Sione Tau Uluakiola v The Queen SC 28/2007
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
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 c…