19 Mar 2021
STRETCH v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2021] NZHC 571
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 571
- Court
- High Court
The Court held the Court of Appeal's quashing of the original conviction necessarily set aside the original sentence so Parole Act s79(1) applies; therefore the start date of the sentence imposed on the substituted conviction is the original sentence date 24 August 2018, making the expiry date 23 November 2021.