A delay in sentencing caused by an accused obtaining an expert report that ultimately makes no difference to the outcome of the sentencing does not convert a timely guilty plea into an early guilty plea. A sentence of 10 years' imprisonment for trafficking in methylamphetamine over approximately three months, involving at least 1.18 kilograms of gross substance and committed during the operational period of a suspended sentence, is within the permissible range.
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