Where a sentencing judge delivers separate remarks on sentence for separate offences by the same offender, the separation must be an editing exercise only and must not inform the sentencing exercise itself. The sentencing task, including the application of the totality principle and assessment of the offender's subjective case, must be completed as a single exercise before any separation of remarks. Inconsistent findings on the offender's subjective case across separate remarks constitutes a miscarriage equivalent to inconsistent findings within a single judgment.
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