21 Mar 2018
DANIELS v R [2018] NZCA 62
- Citation
- [2018] NZCA 62
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The new alibi evidence was not admitted because it was not fresh and lacked sufficient probative cogency to create a real risk of miscarriage of justice (it was consistent with the complainant's evidence that the appellant spent the day with his daughter and therefore did not materially undermine the convictions). On sentencing, a four-year starting point for supply of approximately 13 grams of methamphetamine and a cumulative uplift of 22 months for serious violence (strangulation), multiple threats and prior offending were held to be within the available range and not manifestly excessive;…