R v Sant - [1989] 1 NZLR 502

Criminal law — Evidence — Admissibility — Confession — Complaints — Sexual violation of a girl aged 12 - Crown sought orders relating to the admissibility of certain evidence, namely, a confession, complaints made by the complainant to some friends two days after the alleged offence, and two entries in the accused's diary — Whether the confession was made voluntarily — Whether evidence of the complaints was admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule — Whether the diary should be produced or evidence given of only one of the entries — Crimes Act 1961, s 344A - Evidence Act 1908, ss 20 and 23AC.