R v P - [1998] 3 NZLR 587

Criminal practice and procedure — Indictment — Formulation of representative charge in indictment — Appellant convicted on representative rape charge relating to six specific incidents — Appellant contended that indictment should have been framed to contain six specific counts of rape — Whether appellant materially disadvantaged by form of indictment — Miscarriage of justice — Necessity for any particular incident to be proved for conviction on representative charge — Availability of pleas — Sentencing — Crimes Act 1961, s 329.