13 Mar 2018
DUVAL v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2018] NZHC 393
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 393
- Court
- High Court
The appeal is dismissed because the sentencing Judge did not err in law or principle in refusing to convert the short-term prison sentence to home detention: she made a reasoned, principled evaluative judgment that, given the offender's significant history of non-compliance and offending while subject to electronic monitoring and other court orders, only a short custodial sentence would adequately serve the relevant sentencing purposes and be the least restrictive appropriate outcome.