27 Jun 2016
MAINS v R [2016] NZCA 290
- Citation
- [2016] NZCA 290
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the starting point of three years nine months was within the available range given Mains' active assisting role in a large commercial cannabis operation but increased the guilty plea discount because early plea proposals and the legitimacy of admissibility challenges made earlier pleas relevant; the proper discount was four months (approx.10%), resulting in quashing the 3 years 6 months sentence on the joint possession count and substituting 3 years 3 months, with all other sentences confirmed.
- Possession for sale
- Sale of illegal drugs
- Guilty plea discount
- Sentencing starting point
- Co-offender culpability
- Admissibility challenges