The principles in R v Todd concerning delay in sentencing apply with less force where the delay is in investigation and charging rather than in sentencing after charge, because the two situations are significantly different. Demonstrated rehabilitation carries added weight over mere prospects of rehabilitation. On a Crown appeal, the Crown Prosecutor's failure to make any submissions on sentence before the sentencing judge is very relevant to the exercise of the Court's residual discretion not to intervene.
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