16 Feb 2021
BARNES v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2021] NZCA 16
- Citation
- [2021] NZCA 16
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court granted leave for a second appeal but dismissed the appeal on the merits: the District Court materially erred by relying on an incorrect summary of facts; on correct facts the offending was more serious and premeditated, the direct and indirect consequences of conviction were not out of proportion to the gravity of the offence, and permanent name suppression did not meet the extreme‑hardship threshold; the High Court's course of entering a conviction and remitting for sentence was appropriate.