Cornelius Hermanus Hendriks v The Queen - SC 53/2018
Summary
Criminal Appeal – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the failure to adduce evidence of the applicant’s lack of previous convictions at trial did not materially diminish the applicant’s prospects of an acquittal – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the trial Judge’s summing-up on the standard of proof was orthodox.
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed. 25 October 2018
Related Documents
District Court decision — Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision — H (CA741/2017) v R [2018] NZCA 218 [26 June 2018]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed — CORNELIUS HERMANUS HENDRIKS v R [2018] NZSC 98 [25 October 2018] (PDF 196 KB)