1 Dec 2023
POLICE v STENNING [2023] NZHC 3477
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 3477
- Court
- High Court
The nine month starting point for the lead receiving charge was within the proper range given value and culpability, but the seven month uplift for the other thefts was excessive under the totality principle; an uplift of four months combined with a two month uplift for prior convictions and a 25% guilty plea discount produced an appropriate final sentence of 12 months' imprisonment, so the appeal is allowed and the original 14 month sentence is quashed and substituted with 12 months.