26 Aug 2022
TRISTIAN JORDAN TAI v R [2022] NZCA 403
- Citation
- [2022] NZCA 403
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the District Court did not err: the appellant occupied a leading role in a mid-level commercial methamphetamine distribution operation justifying a 12-year notional starting point (part of a 16.5 years total before discounts); addiction and mental health did not sufficiently impair choice to reduce the starting point and were properly addressed through stage-two discounts; no gross or unjustifiable parity breach with the co-offender was shown, therefore the sentence of 10 years and four months was affirmed.