Where a defendant's mitigating factual submission is challenged by the prosecution and the defendant elects not to call evidence, the sentencing judge is entitled to reject the unsupported submission and is not required to assume the least degree of involvement. Section 38(2) of the Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988 (SA) bars suspension of a sentence that is to be served cumulatively upon another term of imprisonment.
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