A sentencing judge's assessment of objective seriousness for deemed supply of a commercial quantity of heroin was corrected from 'a little below' to 'moderately below' the middle range, but the appeal was dismissed because the overall sentence was not manifestly excessive given countervailing errors favourable to the applicant including an excessive plea discount, inadequate weight to prior conviction and parole breach, unjustified concurrency, and unjustified special circumstances finding. A plea of guilty entered after commencement of trial and completion of voir dire, even where accepted in full satisfaction of the indictment, does not justify a discount in excess of approximately 10%.
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