Where cumulation of sentences results in an overall non-parole period exceeding 75 percent of the total term, and the sentencing judge did not intend to depart from the statutory ratio, the appellate court will adjust the non-parole period on one count to achieve the 75 percent ratio. The characterisation of a sentence as 'crushing' in R v Folbigg does not articulate an applicable test limiting the length of determinate sentences.
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