R v Moore - [1982] 1 NZLR 242

Criminal law — Evidence — Admissibility of medical evidence — Accused convicted of murder — Evidence was that the deceased had died of strangulation — Accused had made a statement admitting that he had strangled the deceased because she had made a pest of herself and that it was time to get rid of her — At the trial he said he had had no intention of killing her and had only meant to frighten her — Defence had wished to call a psychiatrist to say that accused was an unusually suggestible person — Judge had ruled evidence inadmissible — Whether evidence admissible.