30 Jun 2022
CAVALLO v R [2022] NZCA 276
- Citation
- [2022] NZCA 276
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Fresh expert evidence admitted; cocaine powder is, on the evidence, somewhat less harmful and less toxic than methamphetamine but capable of conversion to more harmful crack; intra-class differentiation is permissible where evidence justifies it; sentencing starting points for cocaine should not exceed methamphetamine starting points and generally attract a modest (around 5%) downward adjustment from equivalent methamphetamine starting points; applying the two-stage analysis and case-specific discounts (foreign national status, guilty pleas, rehabilitation/good character where established) th…