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New Zealand Case Law

Drug manufacturing
  • 20 Oct 2016

    O'CARROLL & ORS v R [2016] NZCA 510

    Citation
    [2016] NZCA 510
    Court
    Court of Appeal

    Court upheld convictions and most sentencing decisions: O'Carroll's conviction for March manufacture was supported by sufficient circumstantial and admissible co-conspirator evidence and propensity directions were adequate; new affidavits lacked credibility and were not admitted; Cavanagh's sentence appeal succeeded only to the extent that the minimum period was quashed as ineffective given his prior sentence and parole calculations; Bowker's sentence appeal failed; Stevens' appeal allowed because defence counsel failed to follow clear instructions to pursue early resolution, entitling her to…