Ciara appeared at Court for a client faced with a new charge of strangulation and other violence-related charges.
The client, ZA was already on bail for violent charges and the Court was reluctant to re-admit the client to bail.
Ciara argued that due to the nature of the evidence presented by the Police and the client’s personal circumstances (including that he has full-time work), he should be readmitted to bail on more restrictive conditions.
The Court agreed and ZA was readmitted to bail.
“… Matthew Goodwin spoke of his client’s journey since his second arrest, labelling it “transformational…
Former builder faced Judge Peter Hobbs for sentencing in the Wellington District Court, hoping for the home detention sentence his lawyer fervently argued for. He wasn’t granted home detention – but did receive a 70 per cent discount off his prison sentence.” Read full article here.
“The man accused of gunning down Mongrel Mob boss Daniel Eliu outside a South Auckland church can now be named… his lawyer Matthew Goodwin had sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. But when his case was called at the Auckland High Court on Wednesday, Justice Matthew Downs confirmed name suppression had lapsed.” Read full article here.
A former Auckland drug runner who served as a minion in one of New Zealand’s largest ever syndicates has been sentenced to a shade under a decade in prison. Matt Goodwin, said his client had been seduced into the sprawling and sophisticated syndicate amid financial difficulties, cultural pressure and personal tragedy with the death of his grandfather, his “mainstay of support”. Read full article here.
Justice Graham Lang sentenced the defendant to nine years and 11 months’ imprisonment and he will have to spend at least four years behind bars before being eligible for parole. Matthew Goodwin, told the court this case was a tragedy. Read full article here.
Originally from Brazil, our client entered guilty pleas to a raft of drugs charges on Friday. Matt Goodwin and Ciara Chester-Cronin act for Mr Luna. Read full article here.