The totality principle does not require a sentencing judge to expressly refer to the principle by name; it is sufficient that the judge's approach demonstrates cognisance of the principle, such as by reference to earlier offending and sentences and the provision for partly concurrent sentences. The combination of drugs and firearms offences may well warrant accumulation of sentences, and a single decision in another case does not establish a breach of the totality principle.
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