Where a sentencing judge indicates a likely sentence range during a plea hearing but imposes a significantly more severe sentence without explanation, the sentence may be found to be outside the range reasonably open. The totality principle requires that a sentence for a lesser offence be proportionate when considered alongside an existing sentence for a more serious offence, particularly where the court has emphasised the importance of rehabilitation through a Community Correction Order.
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