R v Baker - [1989] 3 NZLR 635

Criminal law — Evidence — Admissibility — Experiment and demonstration by police — Accused was charged with murder, and to counter accused's explanation that the victim had shot herself, police conducted experiment in same room with same rifle to show unlikelihood or impossibility of her doing so — Whether experiment was a reconstruction of an event in issue — Whether evidence of the experiment was admissible.

Criminal law — Evidence — Admissibility — Photographs of deceased — On charge of murder Crown sought to produce photographs of victim designed to show that her injuries were not self-inflicted as alleged by accused — Whether horrifying nature of the photographs outweighed their relevance and probative value — Whether the photographs were admissible.