William Allan Berkland v The King - SC 40/2020
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Summary
Result
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal's decision was correct.
17 November 2020
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A Mr Berkland’s appeal in SC 40/2020 is allowed. His sentence of 12 years and nine months’ imprisonment, together with a 50 per cent MPI, is quashed, and a sentence of eight years and eight months’ imprisonment is substituted.
B Mr Harding’s appeal in SC 64/2020 is allowed. His sentence of 28 and a half years is quashed, and a new sentence of 21 years is substituted. There is no adjustment to the MPI.
7 December 2022
Date of Hearing
23 March 2021
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, William Young, Glazebrook, Ellen France and Williams JJ
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Hearing Transcripts
Related Documents
High Court decision — R v BERKLAND [2018] NZHC 1520 [22 June 2018
Court of Appeal decision — BERKLAND v R [2020] NZCA 150 [8 May 2020]
Leave judgment - leave granted — WILLIAM ALLAN BERKLAND v R [2020] NZSC 125 [17 November 2020] (PDF 35 KB)
Substantive judgment — WILLIAM ALLAN BERKLAND v R [2022] NZSC 143 [7 December 2022] (PDF 459 KB)