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Kevin Jack Ngan v The Queen - SC 5/2007

Media releases

Summary

Criminal – appeal against conviction – earlier unsuccessful application for leave to appeal directly to Supreme Court (see SC 24/2006) – lawfulness of “inventory searches” – admissibility of evidence obtained through police searches of applicant’s sunglasses pouch and wallet following injury of applicant in car crash – whether Court of Appeal erred in holding that searches both lawful and reasonable and evidence therefore properly admitted. CA 220/06 1 December 2006

Result

Leave to appeal granted. 15 March 2007

Related Documents

Leave judgment - leave granted — Ngan v The Queen [2007] NZSC 17 (15 March 2007)

Substantive judgment — NGAN v R SC 5/2007 [13 December 2007] (PDF 195 KB)

Additional Information

Judgment appealed from

The Queen v Ngan [2006] NZCA 329 (1 December 2006) 

Transcript Hearing date : 14 August 2007

Substantive judgment / Media release NGAN v R SC 5/2007 [13 December 2007]