Under the EAGP reforms (Div 1A Pt 3 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999), a sentencing judge's failure to explicitly state the mandatory 25% discount for a guilty plea entered in the Local Court is an immaterial error where the appellate court can be affirmatively satisfied from the circumstances of the proceedings that the discount was in fact taken into account. A finding of special circumstances is not warranted where the offender is assessed as low risk of reoffending and community corrections has indicated supervision would be suspended.
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