A sentencing judge must record reasons for imposing a cumulative rather than concurrent period of imprisonment. The obligation to give reasons is particularly important where the judge has also activated a suspended sentence in full. Failure to give such reasons constitutes an error of law warranting appellate intervention and resentencing.
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