A sentencing judge is not required to find facts most favourable to the prisoner; only reasonable alternative hypotheses need be excluded. The principle of totality applies where multiple offences arise from a single episode, and a sentencing judge must have regard to the totality of criminality. A sentence of 18 years minimum term for murder was upheld where the offender had a history of domestic violence, was subject to an AVO at the time of the killing, and also seriously wounded a child.
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