Mills v Police - [1988] 1 NZLR 742

Criminal law — Sentence — Drugs — Cannabis — Cultivating cannabis — Accused, having been charged indictably with cultivating cannabis, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in the District Court to 18 months imprisonment — Whether the sentence was manifestly excessive — Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, s 9. — Whether the sentencing principles in R v Dutch [1981] 1 NZLR 304 are affected by ss 150 and 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 1985 - Whether sentence should be considered in relation to the District Court's maximum jurisdiction of two years or the High Court's jurisdiction of seven years imprisonment