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PP v Raveen Balakrishnan

[2018] 5 SLR 799
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore High Court
Year2018
StatusBinding authority

Summary

The totality principle and one-transaction rule govern how consecutive sentences must be calibrated so that the global sentence remains proportionate to overall criminality.

Key Principle

sentencing; global sentence; totality principle; consecutive sentences; one-transaction rule

Area of Law

criminal

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