20 Mar 2018
O’REILLY v DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2018] NZHC 469
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 469
- Court
- High Court
The plea of previous conviction was unavailable because the central punishable acts differed: the Parole Act charges punished commencing employment or staying away without prior written approval under an extended supervision order, whereas the Child Protection Act punished failing to report changes to Police within specified timeframes; the offences therefore did not arise from the same facts and refusal to allow the special plea was correct.