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Cumming v The Queen

Published: Mon 27 Mar 2006 04:20 PM
Cumming v R SC 72/2005 [27 March 2006]
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND
SC 72/2005
[2006] NZSC 13
JASON JOHN CUMMING
v
THE QUEEN
Court: Elias CJ, Blanchard and Anderson JJ
Counsel: R M Lithgow for Applicant
J C Pike for Respondent
Judgment: 27 March 2006
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
[1] Leave to appeal is granted.
[2] The ground approved, in terms of Rule 29, is whether, in all the circumstances, a miscarriage of justice has occurred in consequence of the applicant’s having conducted his defence without the benefit of counsel.
Solicitors:
Crown Law Office, Wellington
ENDS

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