Concurrent sentences of seven years' imprisonment for robbery with violence in company and armed robbery with violence in company are within the appropriate range where the offender has an extensive criminal history including prior convictions for armed robbery and manslaughter, was the instigator of both offences, used actual violence and threats of death, and committed the offences shortly after release from prison. Chronic alcoholism, lack of pre-release programs, and personal grief are mitigating factors but do not render such sentences manifestly excessive in these circumstances.
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