R v Leitch - [1998] 1 NZLR 420

Criminal law — Sentence — Preventive detention — Review of sentencing policy by five-Judge Court — Sentencing discretion — Protection of society — Comparison with available finite sentence — Criminal Justice Act 1985, s 75.

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Right not to be subjected to disproportionately severe treatment or punishment — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Preventive detention — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 9.