A sentencing judge who misunderstands the appropriate sentencing range for a more serious comparable offence (here, attempted murder) and thereby imposes an inadequate sentence for the charged offence commits an error in principle warranting appellate intervention. The Court expressly declined to establish a general sentencing range for attempting to strike with a projectile to prevent lawful detention, given the special circumstances of the case.
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