19 Jul 2022
PIHEMA v R [2022] NZHC 1730
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 1730
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the sentencing Judge did not err: the combination of a 10% discount for s27 cultural factors, a 25% guilty plea discount and a 5% remorse discount, offsetting a 16% uplift for aggravating factors, produced an end sentence within the permissible range given the seriousness of the offending and the appellant's significant prior record and breach while on supervision; the sentence was therefore not manifestly excessive.