Where co-offenders are to be sentenced by different courts, it is the duty of the Crown to furnish the remarks on sentence of the first sentencing judge to the subsequent sentencing court; it is not for the Crown to form a view that parity does not arise and withhold the remarks. Failure to do so may contribute to a successful parity appeal by the first-sentenced offender. The parity principle applies even where co-offenders are charged with different offences and sentenced in different jurisdictions (including the Children's Court), though the greater the differences, the greater the difficulties of comparison.
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