Offenders convicted under s 25A who supply in commercial quantity commit an offence high in the range of seriousness contemplated by the section, and weight for weight ought to tend to receive substantially greater sentences than those charged for single supply offences under s 25. Judicial Commission statistics for s 25A offences must be approached with considerable caution as the section is apt to be used for street-level dealers and the statistics may not include cases of comparable magnitude. The utilitarian discount for a guilty plea does not vary according to the strength of the Crown case.
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