An arithmetical error by a sentencing judge does not vitiate the sentence so as to permit a fresh exercise of the sentencing discretion on appeal; such errors should be corrected under s 9A of the Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988 (SA). In assessing parity between co-offenders in a drug cultivation enterprise, the relative size of individual cultivations is less important than the role each offender played in the overall enterprise.
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