27 Sept 2022
MEN v R [2022] NZCA 455
- Citation
- [2022] NZCA 455
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Because the High Court had quashed five representative convictions, the District Court could not lawfully rely on the unproven incidents to increase sentence; the proper approach was to resentence only for the two proven incidents with a starting point of 30 months reduced by the previously allowed 20% mitigation, resulting in a substituted sentence of two years' imprisonment.