A Crown appeal against sentence will be dismissed even where a member of the appellate court considers the sentence manifestly inadequate, if the double jeopardy discount would render the re-sentence insufficiently disparate from the original sentence to warrant intervention. Protective custody status arising from a prisoner's circumstances (such as being a victim of sexual assault in prison) is a relevant mitigating factor on sentence.
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