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Morse wins right to appeal flag-burning conviction
By Steven | May 18, 2010
Yay! Tony Shaw, Felix Geiringer and I have been granted leave by Supreme Court to argue that Valerie Morse should not have been convicted of offensive behaviour for burning a flag at an Anzac Day ceremony. Along the way, hopefully we’ll be able to sort out how the Bill of Rights applies to open-textured criminal offences like this one, and particularly when they’re applied to protesters.
Topics: NZ Bill of Rights Act, Protest speech | 2 Comments »
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May 19th, 2010 at 10:56 am
Steven,
When do you expect the case to be heard? It will be interesting to come and watch this one.
May 19th, 2010 at 11:17 am
It has just been set down for October 5.