5 May 2023
WILLIAMS v R [2023] NZCA 156
- Citation
- [2023] NZCA 156
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Court held the starting point of nine years and two months was within Zhang band three and appropriate given 463.15 g and a significant operational role; however the sentencing discount for causative personal mitigation and for demonstrable remorse/rehabilitative potential was inadequate in comparison with co-offenders and case law, so an increased mitigation discount (total 25% for background plus separate credit for remorse/rehabilitation combined with guilty plea credit) and deduction for EM time produced an end concurrent sentence of three years and eleven months, and the original sentenc…
- Methamphetamine supply
- Organised criminal group
- Sentencing starting point
- Guilty plea discount
- Personal mitigation (addiction and deprivation)
- Parity with co-offenders