The Queen v Shivneel Shahil Kumar - SC 115/2014
Media releases
Summary
Criminal Appeal – Evidence – Right to refrain from making a statement under s 23(4) of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 – Whether admissions made to undercover police officers in holding cell after applicant arrested were actively elicited – Whether evidence obtained in consequence of a breach of ss 23(4) and 24(c) of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act – Whether evidence obtained unfairly – Whether exclusion of evidence was proportionate to the Police impropriety. [2014] NZCA 489 CA 86/2014
Result
The application for leave to appeal is granted ([2014] NZCA 489).
19 November 2014
______________________
The appeal is dismissed.
6 August 2015
19 November 2014
______________________
The appeal is dismissed.
6 August 2015
Related Documents
Leave judgment - leave granted — R v SHIVNEEL SHAHIL KUMAR [2014] NZSC 166 [19 November 2014]
Substantive judgment — R v SHIVNEEL SHAHIL KUMAR [2015] NZSC 124 [6 August 2015] (PDF 417 KB)