A failure to give a discount for the utilitarian value of a guilty plea when sentencing for a Commonwealth offence constitutes a Xiao error warranting resentencing. A guilty plea entered at committal warrants a 25% discount for utilitarian value. Recognition of the strength of the Crown case and acknowledgement of willingness to facilitate justice do not address the utilitarian value of the plea.
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