R v Shewan - [1984] 2 NZLR 362

Criminal law — Sentence — Bromo-DMA, a Class A controlled drug, was manufactured and distributed by a drug ring — Manufacturer was sentenced to an effective term of 16 years imprisonment — Two wholesalers were sentenced to effective terms of 13 years and 10 1/2 years respectively — Whether sentences were excessive — Whether sentencing Judge may take into account the comparative potency and effects of drugs in the same Class.