5 Apr 2017
A (CA8/2017) v R [2017] NZCA 109
- Citation
- [2017] NZCA 109
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The sentencing judge's decision to impose an 18‑month imprisonment sentence was within discretion: the judge lawfully weighed aggravating factors—victim vulnerability, breach of trust, offending in the home, prior sexual offending, breaches of court orders including offending while on parole—and probative probation concerns about risk and limited remorse; any overstatement about the generality of imprisonment did not produce a material error requiring quashing of sentence.