When sentencing for specific charged offences that are representative of a broader course of conduct, the sentencing judge must confine the assessment of objective seriousness to the matters actually charged and not take into account the overall series of offences or uncharged conduct. Sentences for offences occurring on separate occasions involving different conduct should not be made fully concurrent without a legitimate basis.
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