Sentencing for dangerous driving causing death after trial.
The offender, a youthful first offender, drove at excessive speed on a damp city street with balding tires, lost control, crossed a raised median, killed one motorist, and caused bodily harm to another.
The court balanced denunciation and deterrence against the heightened rehabilitative imperative applicable to youthful first offenders, but held that the deliberate and sustained risk-taking, multiple victims, and grave harm required a penitentiary sentence.
A three-year custodial sentence, a five-year driving prohibition in addition to confinement, and a DNA order were imposed.
