12 May 2022
PRYOR v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2022] NZHC 1011
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 1011
- Court
- High Court
The Judge's method of selecting separate starting points for two similar, closely timed sets of drug offences produced a manifestly excessive final sentence by effectively double-counting culpability; recalculation using a global starting point for combined methamphetamine and cannabis offending (total 12.6g methamphetamine and 66g cannabis) plus an appropriate firearms uplift produced an adjusted starting point of 4 years 4 months, and after accepted discounts (40% total) yielded an end sentence of 2 years 7 months, so the High Court reduced the concurrent supply sentences to 2 years 7 month…