Print this page

James Louis Mason v The Queen - SC 47/2010

Media releases

Summary

Criminal Appeal – whether the Court of Appeal erred in combining two allegations of criminal conduct to be included in a single count in the indictment.[2010] NZCA 170  CA 481/2009   5 May 2010

Result

The application for leave to appeal is granted. The approved ground of appeal is whether the combining in a single count in the indictment of the two allegations (punching the child and pulling his ear) resulted in a miscarriage of justice.
7 July 2010
___________________________
Appeal allowed and the conviction is quashed. No order for a new trial.
3 November 2010

Hearing Transcripts

Related Documents

Leave judgment - leave granted — MASON v R SC 47/2010 [7 July 2010] (PDF 6 KB)

Substantive judgment — MASON v R SC 47/2010 [3 November 2010] (PDF 66 KB)

Additional Information

Transcript

Hearing date : 19 October 2010

Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath, Anderson JJ.