why a routine traffic stop and police photo went all the way to the Supreme Court
- Written by Alexandra Allen-Franks, Senior Lecturer, Law School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
sebra/ShutterstockA recent Supreme Court decision could have far reaching consequences on how police can use photographs as evidence.
The central question in Mahia Tamiefuna v The King was whether a photo taken by a police officer on a public road during a routine traffic stop could be used to convict a person of an unrelated crime.
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