A sentencing judge imposing a partially accumulated sentence is not obliged to maintain the NPP-to-head-sentence ratio adopted in the earlier sentence, nor to calculate the overall head sentence and overall NPP for those purposes. A negligible excess (0.37%) over the statutory ratio does not of itself establish a failure to reflect a finding of special circumstances. The focus should be on the actual periods of the non-parole and parole periods, not solely on percentage proportions.
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