19 Sept 2019
R v EMERY [2019] NZHC 2376
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2376
- Court
- High Court
Starting from 12 months imprisonment for assault with a weapon (assault to the head as the grave aggravating feature), the defendant received a one month uplift for prior violent offending (13 months), a one month reduction for significant childhood trauma and PTSD (12 months), and a 25% guilty plea discount, producing a final sentence of nine months imprisonment; the Court also imposed standard release conditions and specific post-release conditions (assessment and treatment for alcohol/drugs, abstention from alcohol/drugs, and no contact with the victim), extended to six months after senten…