Cumming v R SC 72/2005 [27 March 2006]

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND
SC 72/2005
[2006] NZSC 13

JASON JOHN CUMMING
v
THE QUEEN

Court: Elias CJ, Blanchard and Anderson JJ
Counsel: R M Lithgow for Applicant
J C Pike for Respondent
Judgment: 27 March 2006

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

[1] Leave to appeal is granted.

[2] The ground approved, in terms of Rule 29, is whether, in all the circumstances, a miscarriage of justice has occurred in consequence of the applicant’s having conducted his defence without the benefit of counsel.

Solicitors:
Crown Law Office, Wellington

ENDS