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Court of Appeal Wellington
1, 4 May 1984
Woodhouse P, Hardie Boys J and Sir Thaddeus McCarthy
1, 4 May 1984
Woodhouse P, Hardie Boys J and Sir Thaddeus McCarthy
Criminal law — Trial — Conduct of trial — Duty of counsel to act on client's instructions — Counsel had disregarded client's specific instructions to advance an alibi defence on a charge of rape — Client was convicted — Whether new trial should be ordered.