16 Oct 2020
GALICIA ROMERO v R [2020] NZHC 2740
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2740
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that (1) the District Court erred in its factual assessment of Galicia Romero's role because he was not present at the handover, warranting reduction of his starting point from 8.5 to 6.5 years; (2) the Crown's conceded 20% duress discount was accepted but the disputed facts were not proven by the appellants; (3) the Moses two-step discount methodology was appropriate to apply on appeal to avoid manifest disparity between co-offenders, leading to reduction of Narváez Chamorro's sentence from 4 years 10 months to 3 years 6 months imprisonment and substitution of Galicia Romero's…