A sentencing judge is not required to make specific findings about the impact of COVID-19 on a particular offender where there is no evidence of particular impact, provided the judge takes judicial notice of the general restrictions. An expert opinion on the onerousness of custodial conditions may properly be given little weight where its factual assumptions have been expressly disavowed by the party tendering it. Fresh medical evidence on a sentence appeal will not be admitted where it does not establish that the standard of care was different from what the sentencing judge understood.
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