Discounts for fast track pleas of guilty usually fall between 25% and 35%, and a discount of 16.7% is inadequate. A sentencing court is not confined to the statement of material facts read by the prosecutor but may use facts in an unchallenged victim impact statement under s 24(1) of the Sentencing Act 1995 (WA). Correcting a failure to properly reward a guilty plea is a distinct exercise from correcting manifest excess, and a relatively small reduction in sentence is no bar to appellate intervention.
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