Shaun Mihaka Sullivan v The Queen - SC 94/2010

Criminal – appeal against conviction and sentence – applicant convicted of murder in the High Court and sentenced to life imprisonment – after the jury had retired and following legal argument, the trial Judge called the jury back to give some redirections – whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the trial Judge’s directions to the jury regarding out-of-court statements of the applicant’s co-accused did not give rise to a miscarriage of justice – whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the redirections by the trial Judge safely dealt with any initial errors – whether the Court of Appeal erred in declining to recall its judgment dismissing the appeal on the basis that there were no exceptional circumstances and the interests of justice did not require it.[2010] NZCA 407 CA 129/2010  7 September  2010.