A delay of approximately 22 months between offending and entry of a guilty plea, without adequate explanation, may properly ground a sentencing judge's reservations about the quality of an offender's remorse and prospects of rehabilitation, notwithstanding other evidence of rehabilitative efforts. Confrontational aggravated burglaries in domestic settings continue to attract significant weight for general deterrence and denunciation, and a sentence of imprisonment may be warranted notwithstanding substantial mitigating factors including absence of prior convictions and significant post-offence rehabilitation.
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