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Lemuel Misa v The Queen - SC 93/2018

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Summary

Criminal Appeal – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the appeal against conviction on the basis that there was no miscarriage of justice – Whether the jury was properly directed at trial.

Result

A Leave to appeal is granted (Misa v R [2018] NZCA 293).
B The approved question is whether there was a miscarriage of justice at the applicant’s trial.
17 April 2019
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The appeal is dismissed.
2 December 2019

Date of Hearing

11 July 2019

Judges

Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, Ellen France, Williams and Arnold JJ

Related Documents

Court of Appeal decision — MISA v R [2018] NZCA 293 [6 August 2018]

Leave judgment - leave granted — LEMUEL MISA v R [2019] NZSC 42 [17 April 2019] (PDF 33 KB)

Substantive judgment — LEMUEL MISA v R [2019] NZSC 134 [2 December 2019] (PDF 162 KB)