A sentencing judge who takes a guilty plea into account under s 13 of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld) may do so either by reducing the head sentence or by making an ameliorating accompanying order such as a parole recommendation; neither method is mandatory. A sentence of four years' imprisonment without a parole recommendation for trafficking in approximately 25 grams of methylamphetamine over five transactions totalling $15,200, by a first offender who pleaded guilty, is within the proper sentencing range.
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