R v Thompson - [2001] 1 NZLR 129

Criminal practice and procedure — Search warrants — Admissibility of evidence — Whether unavailability of original affidavit rendered search warrant invalid — Whether reconstituted affidavit admissible as secondary evidence — Whether policy should dictate evidence inadmissible — Whether inadvertent loss equated to abuse of process — Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, s 18(1).

Evidence — Admissibility — Whether unavailability of original affidavit rendered search warrant invalid — Whether reconstituted affidavit admissible as secondary evidence — Whether unavailability of original affidavit rendered search unreasonable — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 21, 24 and 25.