R v Burns (Darryl) - [2002] 1 NZLR 204

Criminal law — Search warrants — Search and seizure — Police powers — Whether sufficient information to justify warrant — Whether power to seize confined to items in specified lettered paragraphs in warrant — Whether seizure unlawful and unreasonable — Effect of existence of power police failed to invoke — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, ss 198(1)(a) and (5) and 204.

Criminal practice and procedure — Search warrants — Whether search warrant validly issued — Whether seizure of other goods unlawful and/or unreasonable — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, ss 198(1)(a) and (5) and 204.