Alan Ivo Greer v The Queen

Alan Ivo Greer has applied to the Supreme Court of New Zealand for leave to appeal against the refusal of bail by O’Regan J in the Court of Appeal. The underlying issue is Greer’s appeal against a sentence of imprisonment which the Court of Appeal has since dismissed. The central legal question is whether Greer’s application for leave to appeal the bail decision should be allowed.

The Supreme Court considered the redundancy of the application, given that the Court of Appeal had already dismissed the appeal against the sentence. The Court noted that the appeal against the refusal of bail was now redundant since the Court of Appeal had dismissed the sentence appeal. The Supreme Court found that there was no longer any need to consider the bail issue, as the primary appeal had been resolved.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court dismissed the application for leave to appeal against the refusal of bail. The Court ruled that since the appeal against the sentence had already been dismissed by the Court of Appeal, the issue of bail had become redundant and no further action was warranted. This decision effectively concludes the matter as far as the appeal against the refusal of bail is concerned.