Rangitonga v Parker - [2018] 2 NZLR 796

Criminal practice and procedure — Double jeopardy — Whether plea of previous acquittal available — Special pleas codified in New Zealand — Narrow view of availability — Whether previous and new charge had common punishable act — International recognition of rule against double jeopardy — “Arising from the same facts” — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act, s 25.