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Jason John Cumming v The Queen - SC 72/2005

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Summary

Criminal appeal - whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding an accused should be allowed to invoke right of self-representation where their decision was "fully informed and deliberate" whether the trial judges summing up and other interventions during the course of the trial led to a miscarriage of justice.CA 43/03 2 November 2005.

Result

Leave to appeal granted.
27 March 2006
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Appeal allowed, conviction quashed. New trial ordered.
15 May 2008

Date of Hearing

19 October 2006

Judges

Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, Anderson and Gault JJ: substantive hearing: 28 February 2008

Related Documents

Court of Appeal decision — NZLII : The Queen v Cumming [2005] NZCA 260

Leave judgment - leave granted — CUMMING V R SC 72/2005 [27 March 2006] (PDF 12 KB)

Substantive judgment — CUMMING v R SC 72/2005 [15 May 2008] (PDF 51 KB)