A sentencing judge's finding as to whether exceptional circumstances exist for the purposes of departing from the guideline that robbery in company attracts full-time imprisonment is an evaluative judgment within the sentencing discretion, reviewable under House v The King principles requiring identification of error, not under the Warren v Coombes rehearing standard. Criminal appeals under the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) are not rehearings.
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