R v Ririnui - [1994] 2 NZLR 439

Criminal law — Evidence — Admissibility — Whether search lawful — Whether reasonable grounds for belief existed when officer conducting search described his state of mind as suspicion — Whether language of witness determinative of the issue — Whether search reasonable — Search of backpack where evidence absent as to whether there had been any opportunity to conceal drugs in it — Whether sufficient evidence to determine issue — Crimes Act 1961, s 344A - Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, ss 13(1)(a) and 18(3) - New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 21.