R v Stretch - [1982] 1 NZLR 225

Criminal law — Appeal — Conviction after plea of guilty — Whether an appeal against conviction can succeed after a plea of guilty — Counsel's duty to advise on possible defences — Accused, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of murder, sought to appeal on ground that he should have relied on drunkenness as a defence — Accused had been advised by counsel on possible defences — Whether there had been a miscarriage of justice — Crimes Act 1961, s 385(1)(c).