A sentencing judge's failure to explicitly quantify the discount for a guilty plea does not establish error, particularly where the parties were on common ground as to the discount. Participation in drug rehabilitation programs referable to unrelated offences dealt with in the Youth Drug Court is not a matter to which much weight can be attached in sentencing for the offences under consideration. A technical error in the form of a sentence requiring correction under s 44 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 does not justify the court proceeding as if the sentencing discretion miscarried.
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