The totality principle requires consideration not only of the aggregate of sentences imposed for the offences being sentenced, but also the effective total period to be served before parole eligibility when account is taken of reclaimed parole and sentences for unrelated offending. A sentencing judge's failure to mention the totality principle in sentencing remarks, where it is of fundamental importance, may indicate that insufficient weight was given to it.
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