8 May 2020
BERKLAND v R [2020] NZCA 150
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 150
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Zhang applies; given a 15 kg quantity and the appellant's assessed role as a high-end 'significant' participant (trusted deputy with operational/management functions, custody of cash and firearms, and involvement in major transactions), the original starting point for methamphetamine offending (16.5 years) was within range; however, undocumented mitigating material showing active rehabilitation warranted an increased mitigation allowance (additional six months), resulting in substitution of the High Court end sentence with 12 years 9 months and the minimum period with 6 years 3 months; s86 mi…