29 Jun 2021
PRITCHARD v R [2021] NZHC 1562
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 1562
- Court
- High Court
The High Court refused to interfere. The sentencing Judge's discretionary choices were within range: a five-year global starting point and a 20% discount for upbringing, addiction and rehabilitation were justified given limited nexus and reliance on self-reporting; the 20% guilty-plea discount was generous but not plainly wrong despite lateness; a nine-month deduction for extensive electronically monitored bail including long curfew was within sensible discretionary bounds. Consequently the global sentence of 27 months imprisonment and the $9,000 reparation order were not manifestly excessive…