R v Accused (CA 89/88) - [1989] 3 NZLR 27

Criminal law — Practice and procedure — Trial — Conduct of trial — Interruption by member of the public — During address to the jury by counsel for the accused charged with sexual offences a person in the public gallery loudly suggested that accused was guilty and that counsel knew it — Trial continued and accused was found guilty — Whether there had been a miscarriage of justice — Crimes Act 1961, s 385.