Where an offender is resentenced after a successful appeal against conviction and a charge bargain results in fewer or less serious charges, the sentence must reflect the reduced totality of criminality, including the lower maximum penalty applicable to the remaining charges. The sentencing judge cannot simply re-impose the sentence for the dropped charge less a guilty plea discount.
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