Where a defendant is arraigned on a charge and a statutory alternative offence is available at that time under ss 25 and 285B of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA), a subsequent plea to the alternative offence more than 12 months later attracts only the residual 10% maximum discount under s 10C(2)(f) of the Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988 (SA), not the higher discounts available for earlier pleas. When sentencing for multiple offences where s 18A(2) requires a separate penalty for a prescribed designated offence, the sentencing judge should fix a single non-parole period for the total period of imprisonment rather than separate non-parole periods.
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