10 Sept 2021
TYLER BAILLIE v R [2021] NZCA 458
- Citation
- [2021] NZCA 458
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the trial judge's s 122 directions, considered as a whole and tailored to the evidence, were adequate for the incentivised witnesses (including the two cellmates and Harmon); the admissions together with circumstantial evidence were sufficient to support the convictions; s 104(1)(b) applied because the murder was for reward (murder for hire) though personal circumstances (notably addiction and background) warranted mitigation of the MPI; by majority the 17‑year minimum periods were substituted with 14 years for each appellant (convictions upheld).