30 Apr 2018
R v HUIRAMA [2018] NZHC 864
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 864
- Court
- High Court
Judge adopted a 4-year starting point for possession of 56g methamphetamine (Band 2), applied an 18-month uplift for significant commercial cannabis cultivation, producing 5 years 6 months, then allowed 14 months credit for timely guilty pleas and further mitigation credits of 6 months (remorse/rehabilitation) and 2 months (lengthy curfew bail) resulting in an effective sentence of 3 years 8 months imprisonment; cannabis sentence set at 1 year 4 months to be served concurrently; electricity diversion charge discharged under s147 Criminal Procedure Act 2011.