Assault sentencing guidelines considered by Appeal Court
Penny Pepperell for NBR Capital Letter Wed, 23 Jan 2013
The Court of Appeal’s role in issuing sentencing guidelines was shown in a judgment released late last year: NUKU v R [2012] NZCA 584 per Glazebrook, Ellen France and White JJ (27/7/2012, reasons 13/12/2012, 76 paras).
In the case reasons were given for dismissing N's appeal from three years