9 Sept 2020
R v PAN [2020] NZHC 2342
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2342
- Court
- High Court
Starting point fixed at three years and ten months (three years four months for the drink-driving causing death charge plus a six month uplift for failing to stop) because of high intoxication (214 mg/100ml), poor driving and victim suffering; after applying discounts totalling 25 months (10% good character, 10% remorse, 10% restorative justice, 25% guilty plea) the effective sentence equated to 21 months' imprisonment, but having balanced the purposes of sentencing and mitigating factors (remorse, good character, restorative justice outcome, victim's wish, low reoffending risk and rehabilita…