Where an offender pleads guilty to trafficking over a period and only one specific transaction is proved beyond reasonable doubt, the sentencing judge may use other evidence proved beyond reasonable doubt — including evidence of the offender's role in manufacture, supply and distribution — to place the proved transaction in its proper context, without thereby sentencing for a course of dealing. A sentencing judge's express statement that delay has been taken into account, without elaboration, is sufficient to resist a claim of specific error on appeal, provided the sentence falls within the available range.
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