27 Jan 2022
MARTIN v R [2022] NZHC 145
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 145
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the sentencing Judge erred by failing to properly evaluate whether home detention could meet the purposes of sentencing and by not treating home detention as the least restrictive appropriate option given the appellant's demonstrable rehabilitation, EM bail compliance and mitigating factors; the sentence was substituted with nine months' home detention and immediate release was ordered.