3 May 2021
KIRI v R [2021] NZCA 155
- Citation
- [2021] NZCA 155
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the Judge's response to the jury question was legally correct: s 66(2) does not require a single unlawful purpose and the clarification that unanimity was required on at least one unlawful purpose did not unfairly prejudice the appellant; accordingly there was no miscarriage and the conviction stands. On sentence the starting point and adjustments were within the Taueki guideline range and the final sentence was not manifestly excessive, so the appeal against sentence fails.