A sentencing judge is not required to expressly record that a two-stage or three-stage sentencing process has been undertaken under s 5 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW); the failure to do so does not demonstrate error if the judge's findings and remarks support the conclusion reached. Where delay in sentencing is caused by the offender absconding, the sentencing judge is not required to allow leniency for the delay itself, but must still take into account evidence of genuine rehabilitation during the period of delay.
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