A sentencing judge who acknowledges mitigating features such as a guilty plea and weakness of the Crown case but gives little or no effect to them in the sentence may be found to have imposed a manifestly excessive sentence. For serious home invasion offences committed by a 19-year-old with an extensive criminal history, an effective sentence of 8 years (reduced from 10) was appropriate where the offender pleaded guilty in circumstances where the Crown case was relatively weak.
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