Where a sentencing judge asserts that pre-sentence custody has been taken into account but the sentences commence from a date that only accounts for a later period of custody and are expressed in round figures, the pre-sentence custody is not demonstrably reflected in the sentence and the appellate court will intervene to backdate the sentence accordingly. A failure to quantify the utilitarian value of a guilty plea does not necessarily constitute error where the leniency of the sentences imposed demonstrates that a discount was in fact allowed.
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