12 Dec 2023
SATOA v CROWN LAW [2023] NZHC 3650
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 3650
- Court
- High Court
The High Court concluded the district court sentence of 24 months was within the permissible range: the Judge's starting point, uplifts and discounts were supportable; there was no sufficient causal nexus between the appellant's addiction/background and the violent offending to warrant greater mitigation; the guilty plea credit and limited additional remorse credit were appropriate; therefore the sentence was not manifestly excessive and the appeal was dismissed.
- Injuring with intent to injure
- Sentence discounts (guilty plea, remorse, personal circumstances)
- Causal nexus between addiction/intoxication and offending
- S 27 report
- S 250(2) criminal procedure act 2011
- S 9(3) sentencing act 2002