23 Sept 2016
PUNA v R [2016] NZCA 455
- Citation
- [2016] NZCA 455
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Search of the van was lawful under s84 because Puna was arrested for intimate visual recording and there were reasonable grounds to believe devices in the van would contain evidential material; seizure of all electronic devices located was justified; the admitted electronic evidence was therefore admissible; the sentencing starting point of 16 months, uplifted to 20 months for prior relevant offending and other aggravating features, was within range and imprisonment (not home detention) was justified given denial of responsibility, sustained offending and need for deterrence and protection.