Where an offender is sentenced for supply of different types of drugs found at the same premises at the same time, the commonality of those circumstances requires a lesser degree of accumulation than would apply to wholly unrelated offending. A sentencing judge should explain the factors taken into account in determining the degree of accumulation, and a failure to do so may support a finding of error where the resulting sentence appears unreasonable.
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