A discount for a guilty plea under s 13 of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld) applies only to the counts to which the offender pleaded guilty, not to counts on which the offender went to trial. However, where the overall operative sentence on a trial count is increased to reflect guilty plea counts, the increase should be abated to give credit for those pleas. The requirement that photoboard photographs match verbal descriptions given by witnesses is not a dogmatic requirement; disconformity between description and appearance is a matter for the jury, not a ground for exclusion.
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