R v Kirikiri - [1982] 2 NZLR 648

Criminal law — Offences — Homicide — Causing injury the treatment of which causes death — Accused shot his wife in the hip and caused structural damage to her face by battering her with a rifle — Wife died in hospital four days later when endo tracheal tube was dislodged before reconstructive surgery — Whether indictment charging accused with murder should be presented — Crimes Act 1961, s 166.