For multiple armed robberies of convenience stores committed over a short period using weapons, with aggravating features including prior serious violent offending and commission while on probation, the appropriate sentencing range is 10 years imprisonment or more, even after allowing for mitigating factors including early guilty plea, cooperation with police, and drug addiction. Heroin addiction stemming from a medical condition is a relevant but not greatly significant mitigating factor, particularly where the offender has a history of violent offending predating the addiction.
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