18 Oct 2022
SOLICITOR-GENERAL v MEYER [2022] NZHC 2692
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 2692
- Court
- High Court
Leave to appeal out of time was declined. Although the District Court sentence was manifestly inadequate and replacement with a custodial sentence would have been legally supportable (appropriate end sentence would have been about 3 years 5 months imprisonment), the unique constellation of factors — the Crown's consistent acquiescence below, the late and out-of-time change of stance, the offender's youth, significant progress in community-based rehabilitation (SAFE programme) and a portion of the non-custodial sentence already served — meant the interests of justice favoured refusing leave to…