Where a sentencing judge delivers brief ex tempore remarks after discussing the proposed sentence with counsel and inviting submissions, and counsel raises no objection after consulting with the client, a complaint on appeal that the judge failed to assess objective seriousness will not be upheld. The conduct of counsel at sentence, including the failure to make submissions on objective seriousness, is relevant to whether the ground of appeal has merit.
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