A Crown appeal against sentence will not succeed where the sentence is within the appropriate range and the Crown's complaint is essentially about the weight given to competing sentencing factors. The attitude of the Crown Prosecutor at first instance, including failure to oppose a finding of special circumstances or to submit that a particular sentence would be inadequate, may be a significant factor weighing against the Crown on appeal.
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