A sentence of 10 years' imprisonment with a serious violent offence declaration is within the proper exercise of the sentencing discretion for a sophisticated dark web drug trafficking operation conducted over 10.5 months involving multiple schedule 1 drugs, at least 345 sales, and proceeds exceeding $130,000 in bitcoin, by a mature first offender who pleaded guilty. The sentencing range for trafficking in schedule 1 drugs on this scale by mature offenders who plead guilty is ordinarily 10 to 12 years.
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