A plea bargain between prosecution and defence as to sentencing submissions does not bind the sentencing judge, and a prosecutor's duty to the court prevents agreement to make submissions contrary to the prosecutor's understanding of the appropriate sentence. Where a plea bargain is said to have been breached, the remedy lies in raising the matter with the sentencing judge at the time, not on appeal. Delay of approximately five years between offence and sentencing is not a mitigating factor where the offences are serious and there is no demonstrated rehabilitation.
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