The totality principle, including the requirement that a sentence not be so crushing as to destroy an offender's motivation to reform, does not prevail over the need for punishment, protection of society, and personal and general deterrence where the offender has committed multiple serious armed robbery offences while on parole, has an extensive criminal history, and demonstrates no remorse or rehabilitation prospects. Judicial Commission statistics showing a sentence at the high end of the range do not establish manifest excess where the multiplicity and seriousness of offences and Form 1 matters justify such a sentence.
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