14 Feb 2019
SOPER v POLICE [2019] NZHC 149
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 149
- Court
- High Court
The appeal was dismissed because the disparity in sentences did not render the appellant's sentence manifestly excessive; objective differences (the appellant's initiating role, greater culpability and significant prior convictions versus the co-offender's youth, lesser role and lack of adult record) provided a rational explanation for the heavier fine, so intervention was not justified.