19 Aug 2020
CAMPBELL v R [2020] NZCA 356
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 356
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the District Court judge did not err in using relevant contextual evidence (intercepted communications and cash in a storage unit) to assess the appellant's knowledge, commerciality and role in relation to the convicted transactions and therefore the chosen starting point of 5.5 years was not wrong; however the judge materially under‑discounted mitigation (good record, impact on children, rehabilitation and time on bail) and the appropriate total discount was about 45%, reducing the sentence from 3.5 to 3 years' imprisonment.