The totality principle requires that the overall effective sentence be proportionate to the combined level of criminality, even where individual sentences are appropriate. A high degree of accumulation of sentences for related offences committed over a short period by a mentally disabled offender may produce a manifestly excessive result. The case also collects the authorities on the relevance of Local Court jurisdictional limits when sentencing on indictment.
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