28 Aug 2008
PATTERSON V R SC 38/2008
- Citation
- SC 38/2008
- Court
- Supreme Court
Leave to appeal was dismissed because the applicant's grounds lacked substance: the eight year sentence was not manifestly excessive given the scale of the fraud, no credit for recovered proceeds was warranted, any inadmissible material in the victim impact report did not affect the sentencing outcome, and previous convictions were properly considered; the Supreme Court agreed with the reasoning of Woodhouse J and the Court of Appeal.