19 Jul 2019
PURUA-KING v R [2019] NZHC 1698
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 1698
- Court
- High Court
The appeal is dismissed. The sentencing judge did not err in assessing and quantifying discounts for youth, insight and cultural background given the appellant's relatively stable early whāngai upbringing and the need for a causal link between systemic deprivation and offending under Heta and Arona; the operation of the three strikes regime produced an intended parole ineligibility that does not amount to manifest injustice in the circumstances; remittal of modest fines and the minor uplift of one month was not sufficient to warrant appellate adjustment.