A 15% discount under s 9AA of the Sentencing Act 1995 (WA) is not manifestly inadequate where guilty pleas were entered approximately 17 months after charging, the prosecution case was very strong (based on text messages on the offender's own phone), and the offender failed to discharge the onus of establishing that pleas were entered at the first reasonable opportunity. A total effective sentence of 5 years 2 months' imprisonment for 35 counts of offering to sell prohibited drugs (methylamphetamine, cannabis, heroin and cocaine) in a commercial enterprise over approximately 10 months does not infringe the first limb of the totality principle.
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