Where both Crown and defence agree on the level of objective seriousness, a sentencing judge who departs from that agreed position must provide an explanation supported by the objective facts. Failure to do so constitutes appealable error. A sentencing judge's misunderstanding of the scope of a statutory offence provision is a material error where it affects the assessment of objective seriousness.
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