Total effective sentences for youthful first-time offenders facing adult imprisonment may be manifestly excessive where cumulation orders do not adequately account for the particular impact of a first custodial sentence, even where individual sentences are appropriate. The Court of Appeal lacks express statutory power under s 104A of the Sentencing Act 1991 to correct clerical errors in County Court sentencing records, though it can effectively bypass such errors by quashing and substituting sentences under s 568(4) of the Crimes Act 1958.
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