A guilty plea will not be set aside where the evidence is capable of sustaining a conviction and the accused gave careful consideration to the Crown case before pleading, even where fresh counsel recalculates the quantity differently. Identical sentences imposed on co-offenders of similar culpability and personal circumstances do not breach the parity principle. A sentence of four years' imprisonment (minimum two years nine months) for trafficking in a commercial quantity of heroin (maximum 25 years) is within the permissible range.
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