20 May 2020
KIMBER v R [2020] NZHC 1053
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1053
- Court
- High Court
Appeal dismissed; sentencing Judge did not err in selecting starting points or in applying Zhang to place the methamphetamine offending at the bottom of band two given quantity and purity and contextual factors; there was inadequate persuasive evidence of addiction or mental health causally reducing culpability; discounts for rehabilitation, guilty plea and restorative steps were reasonable; totality adjustments were permissibly applied and the end sentence of 42 months imprisonment was not manifestly excessive.