6 Oct 2022
ANDERSON v R [2022] NZCA 472
- Citation
- [2022] NZCA 472
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Where cultivation involves medicinal-grade cannabis with very low THC, lacks commercial profit motive and the offender's role is limited in parts, the culpability and social harm are materially reduced so that starting points in the higher R v Terewi categories are inappropriate; resulting mitigations for delay and personal circumstances yield a substituted sentence of 12 months' imprisonment (time served).