Where individual sentences for multiple offences arising from a single driving episode each lean towards the high end of the available range, the need for moderation of cumulation ordinarily becomes greater, and failure to moderate cumulation sufficiently may render the total effective sentence manifestly excessive. The standard sentence remains a legislative guidepost only and does not permit two-stage sentencing; a sentencing judge's observation that offending falls above mid-range does not of itself evidence a prohibited two-stage approach.
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