7 Nov 2016
MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES v ERICKSON [2016] NZHC 2635
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 2635
- Court
- High Court
The High Court found the District Court erred in its treatment of lack of training and supervision (risk of double counting), held that lack of training reduced culpability but only modestly (three months), adopted a proper starting point of three years six months, allowed a 25% guilty plea discount plus a further 5% for personal circumstances, and substituted the sentence with two years' imprisonment (quashing the home detention and community work order).