Banks v R

Criminal law – elections
Banks v R – [2014] NZCA 575 – Ellen France P, Wild and Miller JJ – 28 November 2014
Appeal against conviction – knowingly transmitting false return of electoral expenses – new evidence undermined key Crown evidence of discussion relied on to show guilty knowledge – whether evidence reliable and, if accepted at trial, capable of changing outcome. . 

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