In motor vehicle manslaughter cases, the sentence must reflect the degree of criminal culpability by reference to the specific acts of negligence causative of death, not all negligent acts in the abstract. A case involving momentary loss of control from rapid acceleration, without premeditation or prolonged deliberate recklessness, does not fall towards the highest level of criminal negligence for motor vehicle manslaughter. References to injuries sustained by uncharged victims are permissible as particulars of the risk created by the driving, not as punishment for uncharged offences.
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