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Topic

Possession of offensive weapons

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Court

27 Jan 2022

LAMBERT v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2022] NZHC 49

Citation

[2022] NZHC 49
Court

High Court

The original 28 month sentence was quashed because the District Court imposed disproportionate uplifts and failed to apply the totality principle; a correct approach adopts an 18 month starting point for driving while disqualified, allows limited uplifts (three months for failure to appear/breach, three months for weapons/ammunition, three months for prior convictions), applies a 25% guilty plea discount to the 24 month uplifted starting point (six months), yielding a substituted aggregate sentence of 21 months' imprisonment.
7 Mar 2019

MARFELL v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2019] NZHC 368

Citation

[2019] NZHC 368
Court

High Court

The High Court found no material error in the District Court's sentencing: the appellant's self-defence claim was unproven on the record, there was no evidence of assistance to authorities to justify a discount, and the District Court properly considered the appellant's recent release and need for deterrence; the starting point and uplifts were within the available range, so the sentence of three years and four months was affirmed.