A sentencing judge is not bound by the Crown's concession as to the quantum of a s 23 discount and retains an independent obligation under s 23(3) to ensure the combined discount does not produce a sentence unreasonably disproportionate to the nature and circumstances of the offence; signalling this obligation during the hearing and explaining the reduction in remarks on sentence satisfies procedural fairness and the duty to give reasons.
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