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High Court Wellington
3 November 1993
Fisher J
3 November 1993
Fisher J
Evidence — Admissibility — Hearsay — Res gestae exception — Unreliability arising from possibility of concoction and absence of evidence of significance of delayed retrograde amnesia — Prejudicial value outweighed probative value.
Evidence — Admissibility — Hearsay — Statement of accused containing exculpatory remarks based on hearsay — Whether inadmissible where unsupported by oral evidence of witnesses who provided the information.