R v Samuels - [1985] 1 NZLR 350

Criminal law — Parties to offences — Aiding or abetting possession of controlled drug for supply or sale — Whether an accessory can be made a party to an offence of possessing a controlled drug for a purpose prohibited by the Misuse of Drugs Act — Effect of presumption in s 6(6) on the onus of proof when the principal offender is in possession of a quantity of drugs which raises the presumption — Crimes Act 1961, s 66 — Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, s 6(1)(f) and s 6(6).

Criminal law — Trial — Summing up — Lies — Whether there had been a misdirection on the question of lies — Whether jury should have been given an emphatic direction to disregard certain inadmissible and prejudicial evidence — Whether a new trial should be ordered — Crimes Act 1961, s 385.