A sentencing judge is not required to give priority to either the maximum penalty or the standard non-parole period; both are factors to be taken into account through instinctive synthesis. An argument that a sentence is inappropriately severe cannot be sustained by reference to a notional starting point before discount, as this deflects from the ultimate question of sentence appropriateness.
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