Where co-offenders receive different sentences due to different custodial histories and plea timing, the disparity does not give rise to a justifiable sense of grievance where the overall sentences across all offences are equivalent. A sentencing judge may reduce the head sentence for one co-offender to provide substantial concurrency with a previously served sentence without offending parity.
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