A sentence of 5 years' imprisonment (minimum 3½ years) was upheld for a deliberate, well-planned, long-term commercial handling operation involving approximately $160,000 worth of stolen goods over 2½ years, where the maximum penalty was 10 years. An offender who cooperates by making admissions about their own conduct but declines to provide useful information identifying other offenders is not entitled to a discount as if they had been an informer.
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