A sentencing judge must fix an appropriate sentence for each individual offence before applying the totality principle; reducing individual sentences to achieve a desired total is an error of principle. The sentencing range for armed robbery in Western Australia remains 6 to 9 years as established in Miles v The Queen. Where offences are committed in distinct episodes, cumulative sentences are appropriate for each episode, with concurrent sentences within each episode, subject to the totality principle.
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