A sentencing judge must fix the term of imprisonment before considering whether it should be served by periodic detention, and must give reasons for declining to set a non-parole period. Failure to do either constitutes sentencing error. Where a fixed term of imprisonment is set without a non-parole period, the court on appeal will assess whether adding a parole period in the usual proportion would produce an excessive sentence relative to the statutory maximum.
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