7 Dec 2022
JOYCE v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2022] NZHC 3277
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 3277
- Court
- High Court
Although the sentencing judge erred in applying an uplift for prior protection order breaches involving firearms and allowed only 15 percent credit for the guilty plea, an orthodox starting point (about 2.5 years) with a proper guilty plea discount (around 20 percent) would yield a sentence effectively the same as imposed; therefore the sentence is not manifestly excessive and the appeal fails.