A partial quote like this has to fit grammatically into the overall sentence.
But their decision will have little impact on his overall sentence because he is eligible for parole on only one of his consecutive sentences.
"The judge made some of the sentences consecutive to reach the total sentence, but he could not simply add up sentences on individual counts; the overall sentence had to be just and proportionate to the overall offending.
His lawyer Valerie Wass has argued that the court should not dismiss the appeal because it could alter his overall sentence and reduce some of the stigma that his conviction has caused.
While it is unclear precisely how a guilty plea to the additional charges would affect his overall sentence, the federal sentencing guidelines provide for some reduction if a defendant pleads guilty rather than forces the government to go to trial.
On Tuesday, a judge dismissed one of the charges against Mr. Rajab, who has been incarcerated since August, reducing the overall sentence to two years from three, Mr. Rajab's brother Ammar said.
Announcing the court's decision, Treacy said: "It seems to us that, after consideration of the individual offences and the application of modern sentencing attitudes reflected in the guidelines, but tempered by the need to have regard to the statutory maximum available at the time, an overall sentence of eight years was justified and correct".
Initially, the court prescribed seven years per offense, but it subsequently reduced the overall sentence from 70 years to 35 years.
However, these patterns were not evident as participants who articulated post-release plans ranged in overall sentence length, proximity to release, as well as security classification.
Variables which may contribute to an inmate's social capital, such as age, security classification, overall sentence length, time served and time remaining, and prison culture, will be reported where relevant.
Although we chose an error detection task to keep our subjects' attention focused on the task, the main emphasis was on overall sentence processing and not on error detection per se.
