Where Giretti trafficking charges are based on drugs actually sold as recorded in a drugs ledger, and single-date trafficking charges are based on separate quantities of drugs possessed for sale found at the offender's premises, the drugs represent additional material criminality warranting cumulation, even though the possession for sale was connected to the established trafficking enterprise. The sentencing judge may discharge the duty to avoid double punishment by moderating individual sentences rather than eliminating cumulation. A sentence of 14 years for trafficking in excess of 20 times the large commercial quantity of heroin, following trial, was described as potentially lenient.
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