When sentencing for offences committed while serving a term of imprisonment that attract mandatory cumulative sentences under s 156A of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), the sentencing judge must still take into account the overall effect of the sentences, including time served due to parole breach, even though no formal declaration of time served can be made. A sentence of 16 months imprisonment (reduced from a notional two-year head sentence) for acts preparatory to supply of buprenorphine in a correctional facility for commercial profit was upheld as not manifestly excessive for an offender with an extensive criminal history.
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