A sentencing judge's statement that 'only an immediate prison sentence' is appropriate 'for such crimes' does not necessarily disclose an error of sentencing principle if, read in context, the remark refers to the particular offender's conduct rather than to the offence category generally. Deterrence may properly be given prominence in fixing non-parole periods for dangerous driving causing serious injury, with correspondingly reduced weight given to mitigating circumstances.
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