The parity principle applies where co-offenders face different charges arising out of the same crime, but should not be so broadly interpreted as to require commensurate reductions for all co-offenders merely because one co-offender received a totality reduction for unrelated offences. Where a sentencing judge does not indicate the methodology used to arrive at a sentence, this may heighten appellate concern about the appropriateness of the sentence.
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