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New Zealand Case Law

Second strike/section 86c
  • 20 Oct 2021

    TAUIA v R [2021] NZHC 2803

    Citation
    [2021] NZHC 2803
    Court
    High Court

    The starting point of five years six months was within the permissible range for this aggravated jewellery store robbery; an uplift of two months for offending while on intensive supervision was justified, but an additional uplift for prior aggravated robbery convictions was unnecessary given the operation of s 86C which already removes parole and addresses denunciation/community protection; the District Court under-credited restorative justice and post-arrest rehabilitative efforts and over-credit was not warranted for s 27 social background factors absent a clear causal nexus; adjusting cre…