23 Nov 2020
WRIGHT v R [2020] NZCA 581
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 581
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The convictions were upheld because the packages' foreign markings and consistent Customs testimony justified the inference of importation and the circumstantial matrix (phone attribution, attempt to collect packages, encrypted communications, Bitcoin and cash movements) sufficiently linked Wright to the importations; the attribution chart was an acceptable visual aid when its limits were explained to the jury; and no reduction in the starting point was warranted where the importation was found to be complete despite interception.