A diagnosis of adjustment disorder with depressed mood that is reactive to being charged, rather than a major depressive illness, does not warrant diminution of the principles of punishment, denunciation and general deterrence, and does not render an offender an unsuitable vehicle for personal or general deterrence. A sentencing judge is not obliged to specify the precise mathematical calculation of a guilty plea discount, provided the discount is adequately identified.
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