New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Supply of controlled drug

Legal area

Court

16 Mar 2021

CHENG v R [2021] NZCA 68

Citation

[2021] NZCA 68
Court

Court of Appeal

Extension of time and leave to adduce further evidence were granted but the appeal was dismissed because the sentence was within the appropriate range: no discrete discount for foreign nationality was warranted on these facts and a one-year uplift for recent, similar Singapore drug trafficking convictions was justified given their proximity to the New Zealand offending, the indication of poor character and the need for deterrence and protection of the public.
14 Mar 2018

R v QUINTON [2018] NZHC 425

Citation

[2018] NZHC 425
Court

High Court

The judge found a number of aggravating factors (taking a vulnerable frightened young woman, supplying cannabis to her, taking her on a journey linked to intended further criminality, leaving her at a place with alleged gang connection) which justified increasing the starting point above the Crown's proposal to eight months imprisonment for the principal supply offence; the offender's lengthy criminal history was noted but not used to further uplift the starting point; concurrent sentences were imposed and a suppression order made for the young person's identity.