Where multiple counts arise under the same statutory provision but disclose differing degrees of criminality in their objective circumstances, the sentencing judge must impose differentiated sentences reflecting the varying gravity of each count. The representative character of a count is to be reflected in the sentence for that count (by providing context for the criminal quality of the offence), not by an unexplained process of cumulation.
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