R v P - [1991] 2 NZLR 116

Evidence — Admissibility — Accused charged with murder of a child who was in her custody and in respect of whom she had been appointed guardian — Accused sought to call psychiatric evidence that the balance of her mind was disturbed by recent childbirth — Defence under the Crimes Act 1961 where a woman causes the death of "any child of hers" - Whether the child came within definition — Whether evidence could be called — Crimes Act 1961, ss 178 and 344A.