Where a sentencing judge's remarks are ambiguous as to whether pre-sentence custody has been taken into account, and the relationship between a stated discount for a plea of guilty and the initial assessment cannot be discerned from rounded sentence figures, the sentence will be set aside on appeal. A finding of 'powerful subjective circumstances' must be coordinated with the ultimate sentence imposed.
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