Where offences arise from separate and distinct incidents of criminality with no overlap or commonality of factors, wholly cumulative sentences are appropriate and an aggregate sentence reflecting the total criminality will not be manifestly excessive merely because it results in a lengthy overall term. The structure of sentences (partial concurrence within incidents, full cumulation between discrete incidents) may itself demonstrate that the sentencing judge had regard to the totality principle.
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