When a sentencing judge imposes a single sentence under s 18A of the Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988 (SA) without ascribing notional sentences to individual offences, the totality principle has no direct application because the vice it addresses — accumulation of separate sentences — does not arise. However, for numerous offences, offences of various kinds, offences over a long period, or offences against different victims, it may be appropriate to indicate notional sentences even when s 18A is used, and in such cases the totality principle requires a 'last look' at the aggregate.
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