R v Felise - [1985] 1 NZLR 186

Criminal law — Trial — Evidence — Corroboration — Rape — Abortive first trial due to complainant becoming unfit to give evidence because she had taken an overdose of medication — At second trial Judge directed jury that a mark on the complainant's neck could corroborate her evidence — Defence counsel cross-examined complainant on the history and nature of her psychiatric illness — Judge then admitted complainant's police statement — Whether the fact that the accused had to face a second trial had resulted in a miscarriage of justice — Whether Judge had misdirected the jury on corroboration — Whether the complainant's police statement was admissible.