R v Beri - [1987] 1 NZLR 46

Criminal law — Sentence — Heroin — Possession for and conspiracy to supply — Possession of heroin with a street value of $300,000 — Accused was organiser of New Zealand operation — He pleaded guilty at an early stage — In 1976 he had received a 13-year sentence for importing heroin — Whether sentence of life imprisonment for possession of heroin for supply in the course of a large-scale heroin conspiracy was excessive — Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, s 6.