Counsel on appeal is bound by concessions made by trial counsel regarding the relative criminality of co-offenders, and cannot resile from such concessions on appeal. A sentencing judge's assessment of rehabilitation prospects as 'guarded' is open where the offender willingly and unquestioningly involved himself in serious criminal activity. General deterrence remains important in money laundering sentencing but is of greater significance in cases involving extended offending rather than single episodes.
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