27 Oct 2020
SOLICITOR-GENERAL v CRAWFORD [2020] NZHC 2809
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2809
- Court
- High Court
Because Parole Act definitions distinguish release date (half term for short-term sentences) from sentence expiry date (full term), 'completed serving' for s249 means the sentence expiry date; the respondent's four month determinate sentence reached its expiry date before the appeal was heard, so the prosecutor's appeal lapsed under s249 and the High Court lacked jurisdiction to hear it, requiring dismissal of the appeal.