29 Nov 2022
JOHN v POLICE [2022] NZHC 3143
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 3143
- Court
- High Court
The High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the refusal to discharge without conviction: the offending was a moderately serious example of drink-driving (high breath alcohol and crash) and, although deportation and other immigration consequences were likely, those consequences were not out of all proportion to the gravity of the offending; therefore a discharge without conviction was not justified under s107.