R v Machirus - [1996] 3 NZLR 404

Criminal law — Offences — Conspiracy to defeat the course of justice — Whether proceedings of the parole board in deciding whether to release a prisoner on parole are part of the course of justice — Crimes Act 1961, ss 108, 110, 116 and 117 — Criminal Justice Act 1985, ss 97, 98, 102, 104, 106 and 107.

Criminal law — Sentence — Conspiracy to defeat course of justice by supplying misleading information to parole board — Whether sentence of nine months' imprisonment was wrong in principle or manifestly excessive.