R v Jeffries - [1992] 1 NZLR 134

Criminal law — Sentence — Appeal — Totality principle — Two separate instances of cultivation of cannabis — Six and a half years imprisonment for charge of cultivation and possession for supply — Two years imprisonment for charge of cultivation and possession of pistol — Cumulative sentence — Whether sentence of six and a half years excessive — Whether cumulative sentence of eight and a half years imprisonment excessive in light of total criminality — Extent of discretion to interfere with sentence when cumulative sentence imposed in summary jurisdiction — Crimes Act 1961, s 385(3).