R v Mangin - [1985] 1 NZLR 594

Criminal law — Practice and procedure — Appeal against sentence — Right of appeal — Accused pleaded guilty to drug charges and was sentenced to six years imprisonment — Solicitor-General appealed — Court of Appeal increased sentence to nine years imprisonment — Later, accused sought to appeal against substituted sentence — Whether Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to entertain an appeal against sentence from the accused — Crimes Act 1961, s 383.