A sentencing judge's failure to make any express reference to pleas of guilty as a material consideration in sentencing for Commonwealth offences constitutes error, even though s 16A(2)(g) does not require specification of a precise discount. However, such error does not necessarily result in a lesser sentence being warranted where the gravity of the offending is such that the sentence imposed remains appropriate even after allowing for the utilitarian value of the pleas.
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