An offender faces considerable obstacles in establishing a parity ground of appeal where a single sentencing judge has dealt with all co-offenders, is fully aware of the sentences imposed on each, and has explained in careful remarks why different sentences were imposed. The differential between sentences must be shown to be unreasonable or plainly unjust, not merely that another judge might have imposed a greater or lesser differential.
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