R v D - [2003] 1 NZLR 41

Criminal law — Sentence — Whether preventive detention breaches International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Whether sentence arbitrary — Whether sentence breaches presumption of innocence.

Evidence — Privilege — Whether report by psychologist who treated accused contains detail of privileged communication — Whether allowable as evidence for purpose of sentencing — Whether privilege extends to sentencing process — Evidence Amendment Act (No 2) 1980, s 33.