23 Nov 2022
JAMES v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2022] NZHC 3061
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 3061
- Court
- High Court
The High Court, on rehearing, held the District Judge did not err: the offending was at the lower end of seriousness but sufficiently alarming given the target community; the appellant failed to demonstrate specific direct or indirect consequences of conviction that would be out of all proportion to that gravity, particularly given his prior convictions, so a discharge without conviction was not justified.