Where only a breach of the totality principle is alleged and no challenge is made to individual sentences, the utility of comparing total effective sentences across cases is more limited than in manifest excess challenges to individual sentences. A total effective sentence of 7 years for a crime spree involving eight burglary/aggravated burglary offences and related charges committed over approximately six months, with offending on bail, was held not disproportionate.
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