Imposing the maximum penalty on a charge without any discount for a guilty plea will be treated as manifestly excessive. A community correction order should not be imposed where the offender has a history of failing to comply with such orders, particularly where there are positive signs of rehabilitation through other means. Attempting to pervert the course of justice by making a false report and then attempting to recruit a witness to support the false account warrants imprisonment reflecting deterrence and denunciation, even where the underlying offending is relatively minor.
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