The principle of totality does not require that there be some degree of concurrency between total effective sentences on separate indictments in every case; total cumulation may be appropriate where the offending is serious, repeated over an extended period, and the offender has an extensive criminal history notwithstanding a severely deprived background attracting the Bugmy principles. The Bugmy principles may be given full weight through lenient individual sentences while still permitting total cumulation between indictments.
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