The power to defer sentencing under s 11 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) should only be exercised where there is a reasonable prospect that the adjournment will yield significant new information bearing on the sentencing discretion; it should not be used where all relevant material is already before the court. However, the CCA retains a discretion to decline to intervene even where error is established, particularly where the remedy sought would produce greater delay than the error itself.
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