Sipa and Edwards v The Queen

[2006] NZSC 15

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC 4/2006
SC 5/2006
[2006] NZSC 15

JOSEPH JUNIOR SIPA
TESSA JEAN EDWARDS

v

THE QUEEN

Court:Tipping, McGrath and Anderson JJ

Counsel:M Starling for Appellants

F E Guy Kidd and M J Inwood for Crown

Judgment:28 March 2006 

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

[1]       Leave to appeal is granted in both these cases, which have been considered together as they raise common issues.

[2]       The ground approved, in terms of Rule 29, is whether, before allowing the Solicitor‑General’s appeals, the Court of Appeal should, in the circumstances of the present cases, have expressly offered the appellants the opportunity to appeal against their convictions and thereby to seek their setting aside and the remission of the cases to the District Court for reconsideration of their pleas.

Solicitors:
F S Legal, Christchurch for Appellants
Crown Law Office, Wellington