Edward Thomas Booth v The Queen - SC 10/2016
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Summary
Criminal Appeal – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the applicant’s appeal against sentence. [2015] NZCA 603 CA 101/2015
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is granted (Booth v R [2015] NZCA 603).B The approved question is whether the sentencing Judge was correct to structure the appellant’ s sentence in the way that he did, particularly as that sentence structure means that the time that the appellant spent on remand does not count towards his total period of imprisonment served or for parole eligibility purposes.
27 April 2016
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A Mr Marino’s appeal is allowed. Costs are reserved.
B Mr Booth’s appeal is dismissed.
22 September 2016
27 April 2016
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A Mr Marino’s appeal is allowed. Costs are reserved.
B Mr Booth’s appeal is dismissed.
22 September 2016
Hearing Transcripts
Related Documents
Leave judgment - leave granted — BOOTH v R [2016] NZSC 43 [27 April 2016] (PDF 56 KB)
Substantive judgment — EDWARD THOMAS BOOTH v R [2016] NZSC 127 [22 September 2016] (PDF 368 KB)