Abraham Eparaima Kohai v The Queen - SC 42/2014

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Summary

Criminal Appeal – s 385 Crimes Act 1961 – Miscarriage of justice – Whether the Court of Appeal should have granted an adjournment – Whether the Court of Appeal pre-determined the case – Whether relevant evidence was not properly considered by the Court of Appeal ­­–  Whether expert evidence was wrongly admitted at trial. [2014] NZCA 83   CA 101/2013

Result

Leave to appeal is granted (Kohai v R [2014] NZCA 83).
The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the conviction appeal.
16 July 2014
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Appeal dismissed.
16 April 2015

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