11 Aug 2022
R v KUPKOVIC [2022] NZHC 1980
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 1980
- Court
- High Court
Held that the conspiracy fell within Zhang Band 5 given the agreed evidence and role, set a nominal starting point of 15 years, reduced that by 50% for the immaturity of the conspiracy to 7 years 6 months, applied a 12-month uplift for prior convictions/offending on parole then credited approximately 13 months for time on recall, allowed 5% personal mitigation, and a 25% guilty plea discount resulting in a final sentence of five years and two months' imprisonment on the conspiracy charge, cumulative on the 2014 sentence, with an MPI of two years and seven months; the importing charge received…