22 Jun 2018
R v BERKLAND [2018] NZHC 1520
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 1520
- Court
- High Court
Court set a starting point of 16.5 years for the methamphetamine offending, applied a one year uplift for other offending to reach 17.5 years, allowed a 6 month reduction for personal mitigating factors (dependency and rehabilitation steps) to 17 years, then applied a guilty plea discount of 3 years and 9 months (25% as quantified in the judgment) resulting in a final concurrent sentence of 13 years and 3 months' imprisonment and a minimum period of imprisonment of 6 years and 6 months; orders for destruction of seized drugs, paraphernalia and non‑returnable firearms/ammunition were made.