CT v The Queen

[2013] NZSC 142

NOTE:  PUBLICATION OF NAME, ADDRESS, OCCUPATION OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF COMPLAINANT PROHIBITED BY S 203 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2011.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC 88/2013
[2013] NZSC 142

BETWEEN	CT Applicant
AND	THE QUEEN Respondent

Court:	McGrath, William Young and Arnold JJ
Counsel:	W Lawson for Applicant M J Lillico and A R van Echten for Respondent
Judgment:	9 December 2013

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

A.Leave to appeal is granted.

B.        The ground for appeal is whether prosecution should have been stayed because of the delay between the alleged offending and the prosecution. 

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Solicitors:
Lance Lawson, Rotorua for Applicant
Crown Law Office, Wellington for Respondent