A Pearce error in structuring concurrent sentences does not require re-sentencing where the overall effective sentence would have been no different. Where a young offender's immaturity is a significant contributing factor to the offence and the offender played a demonstrably lesser role than a co-offender, these matters must be given sufficient weight in sentencing even for very serious home invasion offences.
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