16 Jul 2020
COURTENAY v NZ POLICE [2020] NZHC 1722
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1722
- Court
- High Court
The appeal was dismissed because the sentence of 25.5 months was within the appropriate range, uplifts for prior offending and offending on bail were justified, the 270 days spent in custody constituted pre-sentence detention and could not be credited, the applicant declined the rehabilitative opportunity that could have reduced the sentence further, restorative justice and a cultural report were not shown to be available or sought, pre-sentence reports existed, and the sentence represented the least restrictive outcome in the circumstances.