A sentencing judge's finding that one co-offender has better rehabilitation prospects than another must be supported by the evidence; where one offender has participated in rehabilitation programs and the other has declined all treatment, a finding that the latter has better prospects is not open. The fact that an offender committed offences while on parole, while properly an aggravating factor, cannot alone justify a significant disparity in sentence where the co-offender was also on conditional liberty at the time of offending.
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