A sentence of 10 years imprisonment with a serious violent offence declaration for manslaughter where provocation negated murder is within the permissible sentencing range of 9-12 years, even where the offender has already served a separate sentence for armed robbery. The totality principle does not operate as an inflexible rule requiring the sentencing judge to adjust the sentence for a later offence as if both offences were being sentenced at the same time. The 9-12 year range for provocation manslaughter is not a ceiling; the full spectrum of manslaughter sentences includes sentences well in excess of 12 years.
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