A sentencing court's express mention of the totality principle does not establish compliance with it; the sentencing remarks must demonstrate that the court actually considered whether the aggregate sentence properly reflects the totality of the criminal behaviour. Where the remarks show only arithmetic accumulation of individual sentences without a 'last look' at the total, error in the application of the totality principle is established.
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