R v Te Kira - [1993] 3 NZLR 257

Criminal law — Evidence — Confession — Admissibility — Appellant charged with offence but not taken before a Court "as soon as possible" as required by s 23(3) of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 - Appellant subsequently making statement admitting offence — Whether evidence of confession was admissible at trial — Whether prima facie rule of exclusion of evidence for breach of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act applies to breaches of s 23(3) - Onus and standard of proof as to breaches of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act and as to the admissibility of evidence obtained in consequence — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 23(3).