A sentencing judge's observation that guilty pleas 'do not outweigh' considerations of deterrence constitutes the same impermissible approach identified in R v Hall, reopening the sentencing discretion. The case also confirms that culpable driving involving double fatality, extreme speed, very high blood alcohol, and prior driving offences stands at the highest end of the range, with a total effective sentence of 12 years (non-parole 9 years) appropriate after guilty pleas.
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