Gleason-Beard v R - [2018] 3 NZLR 699

Criminal practice and procedure — Appeal against conviction — Judicial warning leading to guilty plea — Miscarriage of justice — Sentence — Sentence indication given when unequivocally not sought — Whether suggested starting point of term of imprisonment appropriate — Whether judicial intervention constituted exceptional circumstances — Whether proposed defence was of sufficient substance — Whether miscarriage of justice occurred — “Miscarriage of justice” — “Exceptional circumstances” — “Sentence indication” — Criminal Procedure Act 2011 ss 60, 61, 64 and 232.