Thread: Morrinsville Shooting

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Question what is a representative charge?
From the report?
47. On 6 July 2018 Mr X pleaded guilty to a representative charge of using a firearm against law enforcement officers.

https://www.justice.govt.nz/about/la...ing-documents/

Representative charges

A charge may be representative if multiple offences of the same type are alleged to have been committed in similar circumstances and

the offences are committed over a period of time, and the nature and circumstances of the offences make it unreasonable for the complainant to particularise dates or other details of the offences
or
it is likely that the same plea would be entered by the defendant to all offences if charged separately, and it would be unduly difficult for the Court to manage the charges separately due to the number of offences.

Right so here’s the charge your a bad bugger off you go!