New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Ammunition possession

Legal area

Court

15 Aug 2019

MORGAN v R [2019] NZHC 2021

Citation

[2019] NZHC 2021
Court

High Court

The appeal is dismissed because the final sentence of 22 months' imprisonment was within the permissible range and not manifestly excessive; the sentencing Judge applied orthodox methodology and allowed appropriate discounts for personal factors and plea, and the appellant's erroneous report of remand time did not render the end sentence wrong in principle.
16 Nov 2017

PADGETT v POLICE [2017] NZHC 2818

Citation

[2017] NZHC 2818
Court

High Court

The High Court held the two-year two-week sentence was not manifestly excessive: the two-month uplift for separate December offending was a modest and permissible cumulative penalty given community sentencing was unavailable; omission to grant a small additional remorse/restorative-justice discount did not render the sentence manifestly excessive; and the placement at the upper end of band two under Nuku was appropriate for the gravity of the lead offending.