A sentencing judge who identifies harsh pre-sentence custody conditions (including solitary confinement) as a relevant factor and makes a specific allowance for it in the sentence will not be found to have erred merely because an appellate court might have given greater weight to that factor. A contention that inadequate weight was given to a sentencing factor is not, without more, a sufficient basis for appellate intervention.
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