A sentencing judge is not bound by factual observations of a Court of Criminal Appeal that were not necessary steps in the reasoning towards the disposition of the appeal. A sentencing judge may form his or her own view of the facts, including as to the level of an offender's participation in a joint enterprise, provided that view is consistent with the verdict and the prisoner is given the benefit of any reasonable doubt.
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