6 Oct 2022
R v TAMA MICHAEL RAWHITI [2022] NZHC 2579
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 2579
- Court
- High Court
The application to further adjourn sentencing was declined because institutional failures causing uncertain and lengthy delay in obtaining mandatory s 88 reports did not justify extending pre-sentence custody for a defendant remanded since 2019 when preventive detention was unlikely and public safety risks could be managed by alternative measures.