Where a sentencing judge makes a finding of special circumstances warranting extended supervision, the accumulation of fixed terms on other counts must not have the mathematical effect of negating that finding by reducing the effective parole period. The weight to be given to prior good character in drug offences may be reduced where the class of offence is one in which the presentable nature and character of the offender was an aspect of the criminal plan, applying an objective test regardless of the offender's subjective awareness of the advantage.
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