26 Mar 2021
R v MINNS [2021] NZHC 638
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 638
- Court
- High Court
Defendant played a lesser role in the supply operation under Zhang criteria; adopted a starting point of four years six months imprisonment; declined to apply an uplift for prior convictions given addiction, trauma and social disadvantage; applied discounts totalling for background/addiction (approx. 30%), rehabilitation prospects (approx. 11%) and a 15% guilty plea discount resulting in an end sentence of two years imprisonment on the possession for supply charge with lesser possession charges dealt with by conviction and discharge; imposed special release conditions and ordered destruction…