18 Nov 2022
R v NAMOA [2022] NZHC 3025
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 3025
- Court
- High Court
The judge set a starting point of five years' imprisonment recognizing the defendant's lesser role but exceptional factors akin to Singh/Fangupo justified a downward departure from the usual Zhang band 4 range; applied discounts totalling 60% (youth 25%, guilty plea 25%, previous good character/fall from grace 5%, background 5%) reducing the sentence to two years' imprisonment, then converted that to 12 months' home detention (halfing principle for home detention), to be served concurrently on both counts at the address and subject to conditions in the pre-sentence report.