New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Cannabis supply

Legal area

Court

22 Jun 2018

R v HOHUA [2018] NZHC 1509

Citation

[2018] NZHC 1509
Court

High Court

Applying R v Fatu banding to mid‑level dealing of some 127.4g of methamphetamine, a starting point of 5.5 years was appropriate; add four months uplift for the cannabis supply and six months uplift for prior methamphetamine dealing, then discount six months for personal mitigation and just over 20% for the guilty plea, resulting in concurrent sentences of 4 years 6 months' imprisonment for the methamphetamine charges and 1 year imprisonment for the cannabis charge, together with forfeiture and destruction orders.
14 Dec 2016

R v HELMBRIGHT [2016] NZHC 3087

Citation

[2016] NZHC 3087
Court

High Court

Defendant's methamphetamine offending was assessed at the upper end of Band 2 with a central role and commercial quantities; a starting point of nine years for methamphetamine was fixed, uplifted three years for significant BZP and cannabis offending and one year for deception/firearm conduct producing an initial aggregate of 13 years, reduced by six months for totality/credit for prior custody to a final sentence of 12 years and six months; no minimum period was fixed and matters of parole were left to the Parole Board.