Bare complaints about the weight given to particular sentencing considerations, absent specific error such as overlooking a relevant factor or making a factual mistake, are untestable on appeal and must be treated as particulars of a manifest excess or manifest inadequacy ground. The appeal against sentence should not be used to re-argue the plea in mitigation.
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