A sentencing judge is not required to quantify in terms of time or percentage the discount attributable to pleas of guilty; the duty is to explain the sentencing reasoning so the offender understands how the sentences were arrived at. The process of evaluating aggravating and mitigating factors does not admit of mathematical precision.
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