8 Mar 2019
B (CA182/2018) v R [2019] NZCA 18
- Citation
- [2019] NZCA 18
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Conviction appeal dismissed: expert evidence about delay was properly limited and admissible, judicial interventions did not create a reasonable impression of partiality and the summing-up fairly presented the issues. Sentence appeal allowed: sentencing judge erred by not allowing a modest credit for prior good character and by imposing a minimum period of imprisonment; original sentence quashed and substituted with 4.5 years imprisonment with no MPI; publication prohibition under s200 Criminal Procedure Act 2011 ordered.