Supply of drugs to undercover police is a factor that may diminish objective gravity, but usually only to a very minor extent. An agreement to supply prohibited drugs is capable of equal objective criminality to an actual supply, depending on the facts and circumstances. Unexplained delay of 5 months in filing a Crown appeal may warrant exercise of the residual discretion not to intervene, even where the sentence is lenient.
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