R v Wichman 27

[2015] NZSC 198; [2016] 1 NZLR 753

Supreme Court of New Zealand

New Zealand

18th December, 2015

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Marwood v Commissioner of Police	[2016] NZSC 139; [2017] 1 NZLR 260	Supreme Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	26 Oct 2016	NZLII	42
H v R	[2019] NZSC 69; [2019] 1 NZLR 675	Supreme Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	3 Jul 2019	NZLII	19
Lyttle v R	[2019] NZCA 329; [2019] 3 NZLR 636	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	24 Jul 2019	NZLII	11
R v X	[2021] NZHC 2444	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	17 Sep 2021	NZLII	7
R v Lyttle	[2020] NZHC 488	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	11 Mar 2020	NZLII	6
Walker v R	[2017] NZCA 188	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	19 May 2017	NZLII	4
R v Wichman	[2016] NZHC 1663	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	21 Jul 2016	NZLII	4
R v Fawcett	[2021] NZHC 2406	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	14 Sep 2021	NZLII	3
R v Ef	[2022] NZHC 1755	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	22 Jul 2022	NZLII	2
King v Police	[2018] NZHC 1213	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	28 May 2018	NZLII	2
Police v RK	[2016] NZYC 323	New Zealand Youth Court	New Zealand	30 May 2016	NZLII	2
Weaven v R	[2018] VSCA 127	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	21 May 2018	AustLII	1
Crawford v Police	[2018] NZHC 407; [2018] 3 NZLR 89	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	14 Mar 2018	NZLII	1
R v Reddy	[2016] NZHC 526	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	24 Mar 2016	NZLII	1
Alhassan v R	[2024] VSCA 233	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	10 Oct 2024	AustLII
Police v Heard	[2024] NZDC 12620	District Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	5 Jun 2024	NZLII
Te Arotake Tuatoru i te Evidence Act 2006 The Third Review of the Evidence Act 2006	[2024] NZLCR 148		New Zealand	circa 2024	NZLII
Ludwig v R	[2020] NZCA 8	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	5 Feb 2020	NZLII
Second review of the Evidence Act 2006	[2019] NZLCR 142		New Zealand	circa 2019	NZLII
R v Me	[2018] NZHC 2340	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	6 Sep 2018	NZLII
R v Huirua	[2018] NZHC 1568	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	28 Jun 2018	NZLII
R v Hargreaves	[2018] NZDC 12217	District Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	22 Jun 2018	NZLII
R v Carey	[2017] NZDC 24821	District Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	22 Nov 2017	NZLII
R v Yang	[2016] NZDC 22067	District Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	8 Nov 2016	NZLII

Law Reform Reports Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title	Citation(s)	Author	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Te Arotake Tuatoru i te Evidence Act 2006 The Third Review of the Evidence Act 2006	[2024] NZLCR 148		New Zealand	circa 2024	NZLII
Te Arotake Tuatoru i te Evidence Act 2006 The Third Review of the Evidence Act 2006	[2023] NZLCIP 50	New Zealand Law Commission - Issues Papers	New Zealand	circa 2023	NZLII
Second review of the Evidence Act 2006	[2019] NZLCR 142		New Zealand	circa 2019	NZLII
Second Review of the Evidence Act 2006	[2018] NZLCIP 42	New Zealand Law Commission - Issues Papers	New Zealand	circa 2018	NZLII
Review of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012	[2016] NZLCIP 40	New Zealand Law Commission - Issues Papers	New Zealand	circa 2016	NZLII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Evidence Act 1995 (Cth)	s28, s85
Evidence Act 2008 (Vic)	s30
Evidence Amendment Bill 2015 (WA)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
David Cullen Bain v R	[2009] NZSC 16; [2010] 1 NZLR 1; (2009) 24 CRNZ 436	Supreme Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	18 Mar 2009	NZLII	35
R v Barlow	(1995) 14 CRNZ 9; (1995) 2 HRNZ 635		New Zealand	circa 1995		35
Attorney-General v Clarkson	[1899] UKLawRpKQB 206; (1900) 1 QB 156		United Kingdom	6 Dec 1899	CommonLII	33
R v Wray	(1970) 4 CCC 1; (1970) 11 DLR (3d) 673; [1971] SCR 272; 11 CRNS 235	Supreme Court of Canada	Canada	26 Jun 1970	Supreme Court of Canada	30
Hannigan v R	[2013] NZSC 41; [2013] 2 NZLR 612; (2013) 26 CRNZ 502	Supreme Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	26 Apr 2013	NZLII	28
R v Dally	[1990] NZHC 145; [1990] 2 NZLR 184; (1990) 5 CRNZ 687	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	6 Mar 1990	NZLII	28
Naniseni v R	[1971] NZLR 269		New Zealand	circa 1971	LexisNexis	28
R v Fatu	[1989] NZCA 166; [1989] 3 NZLR 419; (1989) 4 CRNZ 638	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	21 Sep 1989	NZLII	27
R v McCuin	[1982] 1 NZLR 13		New Zealand	circa 1982	LexisNexis	27
Re Greenpeace of New Zealand Inc	[2014] NZSC 105; [2015] 1 NZLR 169; (2014) 26 NZTC 21-088; (2014) 3 NZTR 24-013	Supreme Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	6 Aug 2014	NZLII	25
R v Jewitt	[1985] 2 SCR 128			circa 1985		25
Deokinanan v R	[1969] 1 AC 20		United Kingdom	circa 1969	LexisNexis / Westlaw	25
R v Healy	[2007] NZCA 451; (2007) 23 CRNZ 923	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	18 Dec 2007	NZLII	24
Deryck Joseph Morgan v R	[2010] NZSC 23; [2010] 2 NZLR 508; 24 CRNZ 582	Supreme Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	16 Mar 2010	NZLII	22
Practice Note (Judges' Rules)	[1964] 1 All ER 237; [1964] 1 WLR 152		United Kingdom	circa 1964	LexisNexis	22
Fan v R	[2012] NZCA 114; [2012] 3 NZLR 29; (2012) 25 CRNZ 741	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	28 Mar 2012	NZLII	21
R v Christou; R v Wright	[1992] QB 979; (1992) 95 Cr App R 264; [1992] 3 WLR 228		United Kingdom	circa 1992	LexisNexis / Westlaw	20
H v R	[2019] NZSC 69; [2019] 1 NZLR 675	Supreme Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	3 Jul 2019	NZLII	19
R v Cowan; R v Cowan; Ex parte Attorney-General (Qld)	[2015] QCA 87; [2016] 1 Qd R 433	Supreme Court of Queensland - Court of Appeal	Australia - Queensland	21 May 2015	AustLII	15
Rameka v R	[2011] NZCA 75; (2011) 26 CRNZ 1	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	18 Mar 2011	NZLII	15
R v Oickle	[2000] 2 SCR 3; [2000] SCC 38; 36 CR (5th) 129; 147 CCC (3d) 321	Supreme Court of Canada	Canada	circa 2000		13
R v Williams	[1990] NZCA 345; (1990) 7 CRNZ 378	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	18 May 1990	NZLII	13
R v Rogers	[1979] NZCA 22; [1979] 1 NZLR 307	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	8 Jun 1979	NZLII	13
R v Hart	[2014] SCC 52; [2014] 2 SCR 544			circa 2014		12
AJA v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	[2013] EWCA Civ 1342; [2014] 1 WLR 285	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	5 Nov 2013	BAILII	12
R v Cooney CA427/92	[1993] NZCA 614; [1994] 1 NZLR 38; (1993) 10 CRNZ 603	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	21 Jul 1993	NZLII	12
Lyttle v R	[2019] NZCA 329; [2019] 3 NZLR 636	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	24 Jul 2019	NZLII	11
R v Kumar	[2015] NZSC 124; [2016] 1 NZLR 204; (2015) 10 HRNZ 546; (2015) 27 CRNZ 739	Supreme Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	6 Aug 2015	NZLII	11
R v Grandinetti	[2005] 1 SCR 27; [2005] SCC 5; 25 CR (6th) 1	Supreme Court of Canada	Canada	circa 2005		11
R v Keeton	(1970) 54 Cr App R 267		United Kingdom	circa 1970	LexisNexis	11
R v Cameron	[2009] NZCA 87	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	24 Mar 2009	NZLII	10
R v Moresi (No 2) HC Auckland T292/95	[1996] NZHC 1935; (1996) 14 CRNZ 322	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	16 May 1996	NZLII	10
Bryce	[1992] 4 All ER 567; (1992) 95 Cr App R 320		United Kingdom	circa 1992	LexisNexis	10
R v May	(1952) 36 Cr App R 91		United Kingdom	circa 1952	LexisNexis	10
R v Wattam	(1952) 36 Cr App R 72		United Kingdom	circa 1952	LexisNexis	10
R v Weaven (Ruling	[2011] VSC 442	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	7 Sep 2011	AustLII	9
Proulx, Re	[2001] 1 All ER 57		United Kingdom	circa 2001	LexisNexis	9
R v Jelen and Katz	(1990) 90 Cr App R 456		United Kingdom	circa 1990	LexisNexis	9
R v Hodgson	[1998] 2 SCR 449			circa 1998		8
Smurthwaite and Gill	(1994) 98 Cr App R 437		United Kingdom	circa 1994	LexisNexis	8
R v X	[2021] NZHC 2444	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	17 Sep 2021	NZLII	7
R v Cameron	[2007] NZCA 564	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	7 Dec 2007	NZLII	7
R v Labaye	[2005] 3 SCR 728; [2005] SCC 80; [2005] SCJ No 83	Supreme Court of Canada	Canada	circa 2005		7
R v Rudd	(1775) 1 Leach 115		United Kingdom	circa 1775		7
R v Lyttle	[2020] NZHC 488	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	11 Mar 2020	NZLII	6
M v R	[2014] NZCA 339; [2015] 2 NZLR 137	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	circa 2014	NZLII	6
K (Ca106/2013) v R	[2013] NZCA 430	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	16 Sep 2013	NZLII	6
R v Todd	(1901) 4 CCC 514		Canada	circa 1901		6
R v Mack	[2014] SCC 58; [2014] 3 SCR 3			circa 2014		5
R v Ross	[2006] NZCA 523; [2007] 2 NZLR 467; (2006) 23 CRNZ 335	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	13 Dec 2006	NZLII	5
R v Unger	[2005] MBQB 238; (2005) 196 Man R (2d) 280	Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba	Canada - Manitoba	circa 2005	CanLII	5
R v Swaffield	[1996] QCA 236; (1996) 88 A Crim R 98	Supreme Court of Queensland - Court of Appeal	Australia - Queensland	19 Jul 1996	AustLII	5
R v Lee	[1978] 1 NZLR 481		New Zealand	circa 1978	LexisNexis	5
Walker v R	[2017] NZCA 188	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	19 May 2017	NZLII	4
R v Wichman	[2016] NZHC 1663	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	21 Jul 2016	NZLII	4
R v Wichman	[2013] NZHC 3260	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	circa 2013	NZLII	4
R v Roper	[2012] NZHC 1855	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	circa 2012	NZLII	4
"Evidence"	[2008] New Zealand Law Review 195	New Zealand Law Review	New Zealand	circa 2008	HeinOnline / Informit / LexisNexis	4
"Should the Police be Allowed to Use Deceptive Practices?"	(1998) 114 Law Quarterly Review 108	Law Quarterly Review	United Kingdom	circa 1998	Westlaw	4
R v Meyers CA194/85	[1985] NZCA 75; (1985) 1 CRNZ 656	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	16 Oct 1985	NZLII	4
R v Margaret Caroline Rudd	[1730] EngR 148; 168 ER 160; (1730-1815) 1 Leach 115		United Kingdom	circa 1730	CommonLII	4
R v Fawcett	[2021] NZHC 2406	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	14 Sep 2021	NZLII	3
R v K	[2012] NZHC 1045	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	circa 2012	NZLII	3
R v Terrico	[2005] BCCA 361; (2005) 199 CCC (3d) 126	Court of Appeal of British Columbia	Canada - British Columbia	circa 2005	CanLII	3
""I'd Know a False Confession if I Saw One": A Comparative Study of College Students and Police Investigators"	(2005) 29 Law and Human Behavior 211	Law and Human Behavior		circa 2005	Westlaw	3
Dix v Canada (Attorney-General)	[2002] ABQB 580; [2003] 1 WWR 436; (2002) 315 AR 1	Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta	Canada - Alberta	circa 2002	CanLII	3
Hksar v Ng Wai-man	[1998] 3 HKC 103		Hong Kong	circa 1998		3
R v Slater HC Auckland T169/84	[1994] NZHC 1846; (1994) 12 CRNZ 198	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	16 Aug 1994	NZLII	3
R v Handley CA470/93	[1994] NZCA 324; [1994] 2 NZLR 411; (1994) 11 CRNZ 236	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	8 Mar 1994	NZLII	3
R v H	[1987] Crim LR 47		United Kingdom	circa 1987	Westlaw	3
R v Ef	[2022] NZHC 1755	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	22 Jul 2022	NZLII	2
King v Police	[2018] NZHC 1213	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	28 May 2018	NZLII	2
Police v RK	[2016] NZYC 323	New Zealand Youth Court	New Zealand	30 May 2016	NZLII	2
R v Wichman	[2014] NZSC 142	Supreme Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	10 Oct 2014	NZLII	2
"Scrutinizing Mr Big: Police Trickery, the Confessions Rule and the Need to Regulate Extra-Custodial Undercover Interrogations"	(2013) 60 Criminal Law Quarterly 277	Criminal Law Quarterly	United States	circa 2013	HeinOnline	2
R v Bates	[2009] ABQB 379; (2009) 468 AR 158	Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta	Canada - Alberta	circa 2009	CanLII	2
R v Bonisteel	[2008] BCCA 344; (2008) 236 CCC (3d) 170	Court of Appeal of British Columbia	Canada - British Columbia	circa 2008	CanLII	2
Ciancio	[2006] BCSC 1673	Supreme Court of British Columbia	Canada - British Columbia	circa 2006	CanLII	2
"On the Power of Confession Evidence: An Experimental Test of the Fundamental Difference Hypothesis"	(1997) 21 Law and Human Behavior 469	Law and Human Behavior		circa 1997	Westlaw	2
"Coerced Confessions and the Jury: An Experimental Test of the ‘ Harmless Error ’ Rule"	(1997) 21 Law and Human Behavior 27	Law and Human Behavior		circa 1997	Westlaw	2
R v Unger	(1993) 85 Man R (2d) 284		Canada - Manitoba	circa 1993		2
Weaven v R	[2018] VSCA 127	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	21 May 2018	AustLII	1
Crawford v Police	[2018] NZHC 407; [2018] 3 NZLR 89	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	14 Mar 2018	NZLII	1
R v Reddy	[2016] NZHC 526	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	24 Mar 2016	NZLII	1
"A Motive to Lie? A Critical Look at the Mr Big Investigative Technique"	(2015) 19 Canadian Criminal Law Review 231	Canadian Criminal Law Review	Canada	circa 2015	Westlaw	1
(2014) 47 University of British Columbia Law Review 597	(2014) 47 University of British Columbia Law Review 597	University of British Columbia Law Review	Canada - British Columbia	circa 2014	HeinOnline / LexisNexis	1
"Police-induced confessions: an empirical analysis of their content and impact"	(2013) 19 Psychology Crime & Law 111	Psychology, Crime & Law	United Kingdom	circa 2013		1
"Harmless error analysis: How do judges respond to confession errors?"	(2012) 36 Law and Human Behavior 151	Law and Human Behavior		circa 2012	Westlaw	1
(2012) 55 Can Publ Adm 385	(2012) 55 Can Publ Adm 385		Canada	circa 2012		1
"False Confessions and Correcting Injustices"	(2012) 46 New England Law Review 689	New England Law Review	United States	circa 2012	HeinOnline / LexisNexis	1
"Police-Induced Confessions: Risk Factors and Recommendations"	(2010) 34 Law and Human Behavior 3	Law and Human Behavior		circa 2010	Westlaw	1
"Deceit, Betrayal and the Search for Truth: Legal and Psychological Perspectives on the ‘ Mr Big ’ Strategy"	(2010) 55 Criminal Law Quarterly 348	Criminal Law Quarterly	United States	circa 2010	HeinOnline	1
R v Steadman	[2007] BCSC 483	Supreme Court of British Columbia	Canada - British Columbia	circa 2007	CanLII	1
"Criminal Practice"	[2007] New Zealand Law Journal 303	New Zealand Law Journal	New Zealand	circa 2007		1
R v Bridges	[2005] MBQB 142; (2005) 200 Man R (2d) 313	Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba	Canada - Manitoba	circa 2005	CanLII	1
R v Whiteley	[2005] EWCA Crim 699	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Criminal Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	circa 2005	BAILII	1
R v Valliere	[2004] BCSC 1766	Supreme Court of British Columbia	Canada - British Columbia	circa 2004	CanLII	1
R v Fliss, Supreme Court of Canada	[2002] SCC 16; [2002] 1 SCR 535			circa 2002		1
Hksar v Lam	[2001] HKDC 222; [2001] 2 HKLRD 557	Hong Kong District Court	Hong Kong	28 Nov 2001	HKLII	1
R v Copeland	[1999] BCCA 744; (1999) 131 BCAC 264	Court of Appeal of British Columbia	Canada - British Columbia	circa 1999	CanLII	1
DPP v Ping Lin	[1976] AC 574; [1975] 3 All ER 175; [1975] 3 WLR 419		United Kingdom	circa 1976	LexisNexis / Westlaw	1
Ibrahim v R	[1914] AC 599		United Kingdom	circa 1914	LexisNexis / Westlaw	1
Alhassan v R	[2024] VSCA 233	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	10 Oct 2024	AustLII
Police v Heard	[2024] NZDC 12620	District Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	5 Jun 2024	NZLII
Te Arotake Tuatoru i te Evidence Act 2006 The Third Review of the Evidence Act 2006	[2024] NZLCR 148		New Zealand	circa 2024	NZLII
Te Arotake Tuatoru i te Evidence Act 2006 The Third Review of the Evidence Act 2006	[2023] NZLCIP 50	New Zealand Law Commission - Issues Papers	New Zealand	circa 2023	NZLII
Ludwig v R	[2020] NZCA 8	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	5 Feb 2020	NZLII
Second review of the Evidence Act 2006	[2019] NZLCR 142		New Zealand	circa 2019	NZLII
R v Me	[2018] NZHC 2340	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	6 Sep 2018	NZLII
R v Huirua	[2018] NZHC 1568	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	28 Jun 2018	NZLII
R v Hargreaves	[2018] NZDC 12217	District Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	22 Jun 2018	NZLII
Second Review of the Evidence Act 2006	[2018] NZLCIP 42	New Zealand Law Commission - Issues Papers	New Zealand	circa 2018	NZLII
R v Carey	[2017] NZDC 24821	District Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	22 Nov 2017	NZLII
R v Yang	[2016] NZDC 22067	District Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	8 Nov 2016	NZLII
Review of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012	[2016] NZLCIP 40	New Zealand Law Commission - Issues Papers	New Zealand	circa 2016	NZLII
R v Oakes	[1986] CanLII 46		Canada	circa 1986	CanLII

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