Where accumulation of sentences inadvertently produces an overall non-parole period exceeding the statutory ratio of 75% under s 44 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, and the sentencing judge did not intend that result and gave no reasons for departing upward from the ratio, the CCA will intervene to correct the error. The Crown cannot resist correction by arguing no lesser sentence is warranted where the corrected non-parole period is not unjustifiably lenient.
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