13 Sept 2021
R v PHILIP [2021] NZHC 2393
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2393
- Court
- High Court
Having assessed evidence including trial material and s27/cultural, psychological and addiction reports, the defendant played a lesser role motivated primarily by addiction; adopt a six year starting point, decline uplift for prior convictions, allow a 20% guilty plea discount (14 months), apply 30% mitigation for background/addiction/rehabilitation (21 months), a 10% child-impact discount (7 months), and 6 months credit for EM bail, resulting in an effective sentence converted to one year home detention with specified conditions; cannabis charges convicted and discharged; drug paraphernalia…