27 Apr 2017
LEVI HOHEPA REUBEN V R [2017] NZCA 138
- Citation
- [2017] NZCA 138
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Reuben: starting point of nine years for a premeditated, violent prison assault was available and justified; allowance of a 10% youth discount and a 20% discount for earlier offer to plead manslaughter produced a substituted sentence of six years six months with a minimum period of three years three months. Tihi: the post-offence letters were admissible and, although a passing remark by the prosecutor risked overstepping s32, the remark did not create a real risk of miscarriage and the conviction stands.