A sentencing judge's characterisation of an offender's expenditure and expectation of financial gain may be inferred from the agreed facts and material put before the court during the plea hearing, and need not be separately alleged or admitted. A sentence of 3 years 10 months with a 2 year 2 month non-parole period for a principal offender cultivating more than three times the commercial quantity of cannabis in a sophisticated hydroponic operation was held to be moderate.
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