A total effective sentence of 4 years for a young first-time adult offender convicted of aggravated armed robbery (3 years) with cumulated burglary (1 year) was held to offend the first limb of the totality principle, where the offender had entered a fast-track guilty plea, was genuinely remorseful, and had no prior offence requiring immediate imprisonment. The severity of individual sentences is relevant to assessing whether the total sentence infringes the totality principle.
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