The first limb of the totality principle requires the total effective sentence to bear a proper relationship to overall criminality, but where individual sentences are unchallenged and the offending is serious, a total effective sentence reflecting partial accumulation will not be disturbed merely because the offences arose from a single episode. Where common aggravating factors exist across multiple offences, the sentencing judge is not bound to order concurrent sentences. A complaint that a sentencing judge gave too much or too little weight to relevant factors does not constitute an independent ground of appeal unless it amounts to a failure to exercise the sentencing discretion.
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