27 Mar 2017
R v TE POONO [2017] NZHC 566
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 566
- Court
- High Court
Preventive detention was not imposed because the offending was substantially influenced by a methamphetamine-induced psychotic disorder and the defendant demonstrated willingness to engage in treatment, reducing future risk; separate starting points were set (2 years for August 2015 burglary/firearm offences; 8 years for Manawatu injuring offences; 8.5 years for Rimutaka wounding offences), uplifted six months for prior violent offending, mitigated by 20% for psychosis, ~5% for remorse and ~15% for guilty pleas, and then a totality reduction applied to produce a finite end sentence of eight y…