The Court confirmed that an appellate court should not back-calculate from a sentencing discount to infer error in the starting point; the focus under s 6(3) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 is on the final sentence. Where an offender willingly engages in a larger drug transaction suggested by police in a controlled operation, the willingness negates any submission that police encouragement inflated the true level of criminality.
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