A sentence of three years and six months' imprisonment with a non-parole period of 20 months for each of two counts of attempting to import a marketable quantity of methamphetamine (approximately 27-28 grams at high purity) falls within a sound exercise of the sentencing discretion for a mature offender with prior drug convictions, even where there are significant mitigating factors including rehabilitation, drug addiction, and timely guilty pleas.
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