A sentencing judge's acceptance or rejection of evidence of remorse is a discretionary matter governed by House v The King principles. A guilty plea does not necessarily indicate remorse, particularly where the Crown case is strong. Sentencing statistics are of limited utility in establishing manifest excess because the critical question is whether the sentence was appropriate for the particular case, not how it compares with statistical data.
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