A sentencing judge is not required to expressly quantify the discount for a guilty plea, provided the plea is appropriately taken into account. Where the discount is not quantified, the appellate court reviews the sentence as a whole to determine whether the plea was given sufficient weight. Drug addiction motivating offending provides a reason for the offending rather than a circumstance operating in mitigation.
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