4 Apr 2023
R v SELLICK (Sentencing Notes) [2023] NZHC 743
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 743
- Court
- High Court
Judge accepted excessive self-defence reduced culpability to manslaughter but found deliberate, reckless close-range discharge of a loaded pistol warranted a starting point of 7 years 6 months for manslaughter; separate substantial drug offending (2.2kg, significant role) merited a 10-year starting point reduced to 9 years after 10% guilty plea discount and combined as a 6-year uplift for totality; a 6-month uplift applied for offending while on bail and prior violent conviction; mitigation (s27 report and remorse) totalled 15% reduction yielding an end sentence of 11 years 10 months with a c…