An identical total effective sentence imposed on co-offenders does not infringe the parity principle where the co-offender convicted of more offences received substantial mitigation for early guilty pleas, remorse, and rehabilitation, and the totality principle operated to reduce that co-offender's sentence. The greater culpability of the offender with fewer convictions can justify parity of outcome.
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