16 Dec 2020
SOUTHERN v R [2020] NZHC 3347
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 3347
- Court
- High Court
Leave to appeal out of time was granted as the explanation and interests of justice justified it, but the appeal was dismissed because the sentencing judge correctly identified the offending as at the top of Band 1 under R v AM, appropriately applied an uplift for attempting to pervert the course of justice, permissibly allowed a modest (approx. 5%) s27 discount and a full 25% guilty plea discount, and there was no error that produced a sentence outside the proper range.