Reille v Police - [1993] 1 NZLR 587

Criminal law — Practice and procedure — Assault under s 9(1) of Summary Offences Act 1981 — Whether there was a right to elect trial by jury — Summary Offences Act 1981, s 43 — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s 66 — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 24(e).

Criminal practice and procedure — Trial — Whether there was immunity from prosecution under the Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966, ss 37A and 38 — Whether the Court should determine the question of immunity by means of a hearing in the nature of a voir dire — Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966, ss 37A and 38.