A sentencing judge who intentionally accumulates a sentence on an earlier sentence, with awareness of the effect on the overall non-parole period ratio, does not err in failing to give effect to a finding of special circumstances merely because the overall ratio is less favourable than the ratio within the aggregate sentence itself. A one-day calculation error in a commencement date can be corrected by simple adjustment without full resentencing.
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