A sentencing judge is not required to indicate during a hearing that unchallenged evidence of remorse will not be accepted; the absence of cross-examination does not create an obligation to accept such evidence. In aggregate sentencing, the discount for a guilty plea is applied to indicative sentences under s 53A(2)(b), not to the aggregate sentence itself. A sentencing judge is not required to spell out in detail the process of accumulation and application of the totality principle when imposing an aggregate sentence.
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