The totality principle cannot be invoked as a routine argument for reduction of an otherwise appropriate sentence; it applies only in relatively infrequent circumstances where the aggregate sentence is crushing. A failure to give adequate weight to a relevant matter is not a process error justifying appellate intervention; only a complete failure to have regard to a relevant matter constitutes such an error. Where a process error is demonstrated, the Court of Criminal Appeal may reduce the sentence even if the sentence is not manifestly excessive.
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