Tran v R

The Court of Appeal of New Zealand allowed the appeals against sentence brought by Alan Tran and Michael Navarro, who had both pleaded guilty to possessing 109.6 kilograms of methamphetamine for the purposes of supply. The Court found that the starting point of 21 years' imprisonment adopted by the High Court was excessive for Mr Tran, who was in a lesser role than Mr Navarro. The Court also found that the High Court did not give sufficient weight to Mr Tran's personal circumstances and that an MPI was not warranted. The Court substituted the sentence of 14 years and seven months' imprisonment imposed on Mr Tran with a sentence of 12 years and four months' imprisonment, and quashed the MPI imposed on both appellants.