New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Appeal principles

Legal area

Court

9 Dec 2021

BROWN v DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2021] NZHC 3382

Citation

[2021] NZHC 3382
Court

High Court

The District Court did not err: the characterisation of the breaches as intentional and preparatory (grooming) was reasonably inferable from the agreed summaries and the offender's established history and probation assessments; the 13‑month sentence was within range and not manifestly excessive.
9 Feb 2018

MATIU v POLICE [2018] NZHC 96

Citation

[2018] NZHC 96
Court

High Court

Having assessed seriousness as warranting a starting point of 18–22 months' imprisonment and allowing 25% guilty plea discount (yielding ~13.5–16.5 months), an appropriate home detention conversion is about half that range (approximately 6.5–8 months); 10 months was therefore manifestly excessive and is substituted with eight months' home detention.