R v Rajamani - [2008] 1 NZLR 723

Criminal practice and procedure — Juries — Decision to continue trial with ten jurors — Whether appellate court could consider whether exceptional circumstances existed — Role of appellate court — Crimes Act 1961, s 374(4A) and (8).

Criminal law — Defences — Provocation — Summing-up that provocation not available where accused deliberately decided to kill deceased — Summing-up making provocation akin to automatism — Comparison with hypothetical person — Whether miscarriage of justice.