A sentencing judge who receives submissions on the reduction of general and specific deterrence by reason of the offender's mental health must address those submissions in the remarks on sentence; failure to do so constitutes a failure to give adequate reasons. However, the absence of a causal link between mental health and the offending may mean that no reduction in deterrence is warranted on resentence. Where acquittals on some counts of an indictment can be explained by differences in the quality and nature of the evidence on each count (such as the location and accessibility of firearms, inconclusive DNA, and vague admissions), the acquittals do not render a conviction on another count unreasonable.
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