A sentence of 3 years and 2 months imprisonment for cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis (284 plants in a sophisticated hydroponic operation) by a first offender who pleaded guilty was manifestly excessive, having regard to the sentencing pattern established in R v Godden [2005] NSWCCA 160. A sentence of 2 years and 2 months was substituted as consistent with that pattern.
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