'Sentence' in ss 278, 280, 281 and 282 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic) means the individual sentence for a discrete offence, not the total effective sentence. Leave to appeal must be assessed by reference to individual sentences, and a grant of leave in respect of one sentence does not reopen the sentencing discretion for other sentences not the subject of the grant. Totality complaints must be framed by reference to the specific individual sentences and orders for cumulation under challenge, not by reference to the total effective sentence.
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