O'Sullivan v The Queen

Case

[2018] NZSC 117

28 November 2018


NOTE: PUBLICATION OF NAMES, ADDRESSES, OCCUPATIONS OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF COMPLAINANTS PROHIBITED BY S 203 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2011. SEE

 NOTE: PUBLICATION OF NAMES, ADDRESSES, OCCUPATIONS OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF ANY COMPLAINANTS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS WHO APPEARED AS A WITNESS PROHIBITED BY S 204 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2011. SEE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

I TE KŌTI MANA NUI

 SC 77/2018
 [2018] NZSC 117
BETWEEN

PATRICK MAURICE O’SULLIVAN
Applicant

AND

THE QUEEN
Respondent

Court:

William Young, O’Regan and Ellen France JJ

Counsel:

Applicant in person
M H Cooke for Respondent

Judgment:

28 November 2018

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 7 November 2018 (O’Sullivan v R [2018] NZSC 103) is dismissed.

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REASONS

  1. The applicant seeks a recall of our judgment of 7 November 2018 in which we dismissed his application for leave to appeal.[1]  In support he has filed nine pages of detailed and closely argued submissions which encompass many complaints as to the approaches taken in the Courts below and, most significantly, the conclusion of this Court that the critical finding of indecency by the trial Judge was based on the externalities of the applicant’s conduct towards the complainant Y.[2]

    [1]O’Sullivan v R [2018] NZSC 103.

    [2]At [5].

  2. We have carefully considered the arguments of the applicant and are satisfied that they do not provide appropriate grounds for the recall of our judgment.

  3. The recall application is dismissed.

Solicitors:
Crown Law Office, Wellington for Respondent


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