A sentencing judge who incorrectly overstates an offender's prior criminal history for violence, and who fails to make any reference in reasons to an early plea of guilty or its mitigating effect, commits specific sentencing errors warranting appellate intervention. A statement that s 6AAA of the Sentencing Act 1991 does not apply, when it plainly does, may be treated as evidence of a failure to give weight to the guilty plea.
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