1 May 2017
TRAN v R [2017] NZCA 146
- Citation
- [2017] NZCA 146
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Extension of time to appeal against conviction granted; evidence of the July 2015 trip was admissible as probative of the appellant's knowledge or wilful blindness and did not require a propensity direction because it was relied on to explain state of mind rather than to show bad character; convictions upheld; sentencing was erroneous in imposing a totality uplift and inadequate discounts, fresh family-health evidence admitted, MPI quashed, and sentence reduced from 13 years 9 months to 11 years 3 months imprisonment.