11 May 2023
KEE v R [2023] NZHC 1133
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 1133
- Court
- High Court
On appeal the Court found the 12-month uplift for cannabis dealing was excessive given the quantities and commerciality; reduced that uplift to six months, accepted a generous 50% credit for personal mitigation (including 20% for guilty plea and 20% for addiction/rehabilitation with s27 factors), offset that by an 8% uplift for prior convictions, deducted 8 months' EM bail credit and substituted sentences resulting in a final global sentence of 16 months' imprisonment; home detention refused due to offending while under a rehabilitative sentence, presence of a firearm, public safety and statu…