When sentencing for multiple offences where the offender has pleaded guilty, the discount for the utilitarian value of the guilty plea must be applied to each individual sentence before questions of cumulation, concurrence and totality are considered. The strength of the Crown case does not reduce the utilitarian value of the plea. Taking a Form 1 offence into account is not a reason for declining to allow a guilty plea discount. The Court left open whether summary offences not punishable by imprisonment are suitable for the Form 1 mechanism.
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