R v Fulcher - [1987] 2 NZLR 233

Criminal law — Offences — Drug dealing charges — Accused was charged indictably in 1985 with offences arising in 1978 and 1979 — Whether informations were statute-barred — Misuse of Drugs Act 1979, s 28.

Criminal law — Practice and procedure — Conviction on drug dealing charges — Application of proviso to s 385 of the Crimes Act — Accused applied before trial for severance of counts which Judge refused — Accused applied for leave to appeal against ruling, but trial proceeded and accused was convicted — Whether there had been any substantial miscarriage of justice — Crimes Act 1961, s 385.

Criminal law — Sentence — Heroin — Appeal against sentence of 14 years imprisonment for importing heroin, possessing heroin for supply and conspiring to supply heroin — Whether sentence was excessive.